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Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study
OBJECTIVE: In order to illustrate the important public health impact of syphilis, which is a preventable infection, the epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain was studied over a 10-year period. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted using the National Epidemiological Survei...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22080538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000270 |
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author | García-García, Laura Ariza-Megía, M Carmen González-Escalada, Alba Álvaro-Meca, Alejandro Gil-deMiguel, Ángel Gil-Prieto, Ruth |
author_facet | García-García, Laura Ariza-Megía, M Carmen González-Escalada, Alba Álvaro-Meca, Alejandro Gil-deMiguel, Ángel Gil-Prieto, Ruth |
author_sort | García-García, Laura |
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description | OBJECTIVE: In order to illustrate the important public health impact of syphilis, which is a preventable infection, the epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain was studied over a 10-year period. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted using the National Epidemiological Surveillance System for Hospital Data (Minimum Data Set). All hospitalisations due to syphilis infection in any diagnostic position (ICD-9-CM 090–097) between 1997 and 2006 were analysed, according to the Spanish version of the International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9-CM). RESULTS: There were 9556 hospitalisations associated with syphilis in Spain. The hospitalisation rate was 2.33 per 100 000 population, the mortality rate was 0.07 per 100 000 population and the lethality was 3.17%. The hospitalisation rate increased significantly after 2000 and was higher in men. CONCLUSION: Syphilis remains a major public health problem because of both potential complications and its close association with HIV infection. It is necessary to promote early diagnosis, ensure treatment in patients with syphilis and emphasise health promotion and prevention programmes. |
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spelling | pubmed-32088982011-12-01 Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study García-García, Laura Ariza-Megía, M Carmen González-Escalada, Alba Álvaro-Meca, Alejandro Gil-deMiguel, Ángel Gil-Prieto, Ruth BMJ Open Epidemiology OBJECTIVE: In order to illustrate the important public health impact of syphilis, which is a preventable infection, the epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain was studied over a 10-year period. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted using the National Epidemiological Surveillance System for Hospital Data (Minimum Data Set). All hospitalisations due to syphilis infection in any diagnostic position (ICD-9-CM 090–097) between 1997 and 2006 were analysed, according to the Spanish version of the International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9-CM). RESULTS: There were 9556 hospitalisations associated with syphilis in Spain. The hospitalisation rate was 2.33 per 100 000 population, the mortality rate was 0.07 per 100 000 population and the lethality was 3.17%. The hospitalisation rate increased significantly after 2000 and was higher in men. CONCLUSION: Syphilis remains a major public health problem because of both potential complications and its close association with HIV infection. It is necessary to promote early diagnosis, ensure treatment in patients with syphilis and emphasise health promotion and prevention programmes. BMJ Group 2011-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3208898/ /pubmed/22080538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000270 Text en © 2011, Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode. |
spellingShingle | Epidemiology García-García, Laura Ariza-Megía, M Carmen González-Escalada, Alba Álvaro-Meca, Alejandro Gil-deMiguel, Ángel Gil-Prieto, Ruth Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
title | Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
title_full | Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
title_fullStr | Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
title_short | Epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in Spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
title_sort | epidemiology of syphilis-related hospitalisations in spain between 1997 and 2006: a retrospective study |
topic | Epidemiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22080538 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000270 |
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