Vital Signs: Missed Opportunities for Preventing Congenital Syphilis — United States, 2022
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 7, 2023
Lack of timely testing and adequate treatment during pregnancy contributed to 88% of congenital syphilis cases in 2022 and represent missed opportunities to prevent maternal syphilis-associated morbidity. Lack of timely testing and adequate treatment contributed to substantial proportions of cases in all geographic areas and in all racial and ethnic groups. Timely testing without evidence of late seroconversion occurred in 58% of cases; however, inadequate treatment occurred in 69% of these cases, and no treatment or nondocumented treatment in 19%. Treatment could be considered inadequate based on inappropriate selection of . . .
