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

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 d...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2023-10, Vol.29 (10), p.1965-1972
Main Authors: Staneva, Manuela, Hobbs, Charlotte V, Dobbs, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Age
Amphetamines
Analysis
At risk populations
Babies
bacteria
Bacterial infections
Birth weight
Births
Care and treatment
Cocaine
Codes
Congenital diseases
congenital syphilis
Datasets
Demographics
Diagnosis
Drug use
Genetic disorders
Health aspects
health disparities
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Infants
Infants (Newborn)
Medicaid
Mississippi
Neonatal abstinence syndrome
neonatal illnesses
Newborn babies
Patients
Pregnant women
prematurity
Risk factors
Sexually transmitted diseases
Socioeconomic factors
Spike in Congenital Syphilis, Mississippi, USA, 2016–2022
STD
Syphilis
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile
Trends
Variables
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Summary: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 (
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2910.230421