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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of infants evaluated for congenital syphilis

From: Outcomes of infants born to pregnant women with syphilis: a nationwide study in Korea

 

2014

N = 77

2015

N = 56

2016

N = 45

2017

N = 32

2018

N = 40

Total

N = 250

Prevalence /10,000 births

3.86

2.78

2.42

1.96

2.78

2.80

Male, n (%)

39 (50)

32 (57)

23(51)

16 (49)

24 (61)

134 (54)

Preterm, n (%)

3 (4)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3)

5 (1)

Jaundice, n (%)

48 (62)

31 (58)

23 (51)

14 (45)

24 (59)

140 (56)

Hepatosplenomegaly, n (%)

2 (3)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3)

4 (1)

Ascites, n (%)

2 (3)

1 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

1 (3)

5 (2)

Renal disease, n (%)

7 (9)

5 (9)

5 (11)

2 (6)

2 (5)

21 (8)

Optic nerve atrophy, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0)

Hearing impairment, n (%)

12 (16)

8 (14)

7 (16)

6 (19)

1 (3)

34 (14)

Mental retardation, n (%)

8 (10)

7 (13)

4 (9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

19 (8)

IUGR or SGA, n (%)

4 (5)

3 (5)

3 (7)

3 (9)

2 (5)

15 (6)

Hydrops fetalis, n (%)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1(0)

  1. IUGR intrauterine growth restriction, SGA small for gestational age