Basic Summary for Congenital syphilis

Main name of condition: Congenital syphilis

What is Congenital syphilis?
Brief description of Congenital syphilis: Syphilis inherited from mother during pregnancy.
Parent types of Congenital syphilis: Syphilis, Bacterial diseases, Congenital conditions, Diseases contagious contagious mother-to-fetus

How many people get Congenital syphilis?
Incidence (annual) of Congenital syphilis: 556 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
Incidence Rate of Congenital syphilis: approx 1 in 489,208 or 0.00% or 556 people in USA [about data]

What causes Congenital syphilis?
  Class of Condition for Congenital syphilis: bacterial, congen.defect
  Causes of Congenital syphilis: see causes of Congenital syphilis
  Risk factors for Congenital syphilis: see risk factors for Congenital syphilis

What are the symptoms of Congenital syphilis?
Symptoms of Congenital syphilis: see symptoms of Congenital syphilis

Can anyone else get Congenital syphilis?
Contagion of Congenital syphilis: Caught by cross-placental mother-to-fetus transmission. Baby is highly infectious from birth.
More information: see contagiousness of Congenital syphilis

How is it treated?
Prevention of Congenital syphilis: see prevention of Congenital syphilis

Society issues for Congenital syphilis
Hospitalization statistics for Congenital syphilis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Congenital syphilis:

0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for congenital syphilis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
69% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
46% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
54% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
21.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for congenital syphilis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for congenital syphilis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
18 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for congenital syphilis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
8% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
15% of hospital consultant episodes for congenital syphilis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.0004% (199) of hospital bed days were for congenital syphilis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: April 8, 2003

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