Abstract
Congenital Syphilis, Réunion Island, 2010
Highlights
Réunion Island, a French overseas territory with 810,000 inhabitants, has a health care system similar to that in continental France
Hospitalized children coded as having congenital syphilis (International Classification of Diseases [ICD] 10 codes A50.0 to A50.9) in the French national hospital database were included
After reviewing medical files of mothers and their children, cases were classified as confirmed or probable congenital syphilis (CS) according to the case definition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2)
Summary
Réunion Island, a French overseas territory with 810,000 inhabitants, has a health care system similar to that in continental France. After reviewing medical files of mothers and their children, cases were classified as confirmed or probable CS according to the case definition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2). Eighteen children had positive syphilis serologic results by T. pallidum hemagglutination assay and VDRL tests, according to the selection criteria. Among these 18 test results, 7 were classified as probable CS (late treatment for mother or symptoms linked to CS), 3 in 2008 and 4 in 2009 (Table).
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