Spike in Congenital Syphilis, Mississippi, USA, 2016–2022

Autor:	Manuela Staneva, Charlotte V. Hobbs, Thomas Dobbs
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	congenital syphilis bacteria neonatal illnesses prematurity health disparities Mississippi Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 10, Pp 1965-1972 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2910.230421
Popis:	In Mississippi, USA, infant hospitalization with congenital syphilis (CS) spiked by 1,000%, from 10 in 2016 to 110 in 2022. To determine the causes of this alarming development, we analyzed Mississippi hospital discharge data to evaluate trends, demographics, outcomes, and risk factors for infants diagnosed with CS hospitalized during 2016–2022. Of the 367 infants hospitalized with a CS diagnosis, 97.6% were newborn, 92.6% were covered by Medicaid, 71.1% were African American, and 58.0% were nonurban residents. Newborns with CS had higher odds of being affected by maternal illicit drug use, being born prematurely (
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