Prenatal syphilis and adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with HIV receiving ART in Brazil: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine factors associated with prenatal syphilis, including prenatal care, and pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women with HIV in Brazil.

Methods

Retrospective data were gathered from a national cohort of Brazilian women with HIV on antiretroviral therapy who became pregnant between January 2015 and May 2018. Prenatal syphilis was defined by clinical diagnoses with treatment or any positive syphilis laboratory result between 30 days before conception and pregnancy conclusion. Multivariable logistic regression models examined factors associated with prenatal syphilis risk and adverse pregnancy outcomes (including stillbirth, abortion, preterm delivery, small for gestational age, and congenital abnormalities). Receipt of recommended prenatal syphilis scre

SUBMITTER: Castilho JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11747186 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature