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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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Autores principales: García-García, Laura, Ariza-Megía, M Carmen, González-Escalada, Alba, Álvaro-Meca, Alejandro, Gil-deMiguel, Ángel, Gil-Prieto, Ruth
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Publicado: BMJ Group 2011
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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
collection PubMed
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.
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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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