Prevalence of Syphilis among Pregnant Women attending antenatal care clinic, Udaipur, Southern Rajasthan

Anju Jorwal; Aditi Maurya; Nisha Sharma

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4745

Prevalence of Syphilis among Pregnant Women attending antenatal care clinic, Udaipur, Southern Rajasthan

Author(s)	Anju Jorwal, Aditi Maurya, Nisha Sharma
Country	India
Abstract	Background Maternal syphilis is an important cause of adverse pregnancy outcome . Syphilis, caused by infection with Treponema pallidum, is a mucocutaneous sexually transmitted infection (STI) with high infectivity in the early stages. Untreated maternal syphilis is strongly associated with adverse birth outcomes including increased incidence of stillbirths, low birth weight and premature live births compared with uninfected women. The WHO recommends serological test for syphilis in pregnancy and treatment with injectable penicillin, including the partner, as a routine part of antenatal care. Ideally this screening should be done in the first trimester or at first antenatal visit and again early in the third trimester. Method A retrospective, quantitative study of hospital and laboratory records of all pregnant women booked at the RNT Medical college for antenatal care in a one-year period (1ST JULY 2021 to 30TH JUNE 2022) was carried out. Data were collected from department register maintained by authority. VDRL testing was done to screen the patient. Data were analysed. Result : During the study period, 10194 antenatal clinic patients had VDRL screening out of which 27 were positive. The overall prevalence rate in this study was 0.26% Conclusion Universal screening of all pregnant women at first antenatal visit with a non-treponemal test should be used for screening for syphilis in pregnancy. Also considering prevalence of gestational syphilis in Udaipur region , policy translation is required at state and national level to scale up prevention, screening, and management of syphilis.
Keywords	VDRL, pregnant women, syphilis, udaipur
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023
Published On	2023-07-29
Cite This	Prevalence of Syphilis among Pregnant Women attending antenatal care clinic, Udaipur, Southern Rajasthan - Anju Jorwal, Aditi Maurya, Nisha Sharma - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4745
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4745
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gsjjqg

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