A retrospective study on syphilis infection and its epidemiological characteristics
10.3969/j.issn.1673-4130.2014.10.027
- VernacularTitle:梅毒感染及其流行特征的回顾性研究
- Author:
Feng XU
;
Hongwei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
syphilis;
retrospective studies;
epidemiologic studies
- From:
International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2014;(10):1295-1296
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyze the results of syphilis test and to understand the syphilis infection and its epidemiological characteristics .Methods 728 untreated patients with definite diagnosis of syphilis were enrolled and classified according to their age ,gender and syphilis types ,and retrospectively analysis was conducted .Results Among 728 syphilis patients ,446(61 .26% ) were diagnosed with latent syphilis ,211 (28 .98% ) with dominant syphilis ,32(4 .40% ) with neurosyphilis and 39(5 .36% ) with congenital syphilis .The average detection rate of syphilis was 1 .49% .332(45 .60% ) cases were found in female patients while 396 (54 .40% ) in male .Male syphilis patients were mainly in the 20 to 60 age group ,and female in the 20 to 50 age group .Dominant syphilis occurred mainly in the 20 to 40 age group and latent syphilis in the 20 to 60 age group .Conclusion The detection rate of syphilis increases year by year ,with the highest growing rate in latent syphilis and young adults as major incidence groups .
