Liu Ai-Ying, Zang Wen-Jing, Yuan Ling-Ling, Chai Yong-Li, Wang ShuQi
Radiology Department, Stanford School of Medicine.
Glob J Health Sci. 2014 Nov 30;7(3):249-53. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v7n3p249.
We aimed at investigating the epidemiological features of latent syphilis among inpatients in an urban area of China. During the period of Jan 1999 to Dec 2007, 146 inpatients were positive for treponema pallidum particle agglutination (TPPA) assay from 22,454 inpatients who were admitted to the China Meitan General Hospital. The number of latent syphilis increased steadily during this period of time. From the 146 TPPA positive inpatients, 137 inpatients were diagnosed as latent syphilis. The number of male patients with latent syphilis was slightly more than the female, but there was no statistical significance (P>0.01). The number of male patients over 60 years old was 42 (30.66%), which was higher than other age groups (p<0.05). The number of female patients at the age range of 20-29 years was 20 (14.60%), which was higher than other age groups (p<0.05). Our results demonstrated that routine syphilis screening among inpatients proves to be one of the most effective precautionary measures to identify latent syphilis and thus to prevent transmission in urban areas in China.
我们旨在调查中国某城市地区住院患者中潜伏梅毒的流行病学特征。在1999年1月至2007年12月期间，在中国煤炭总医院收治的22454例住院患者中，有146例梅毒螺旋体颗粒凝集试验（TPPA）检测呈阳性。在此期间，潜伏梅毒的病例数稳步增加。在这146例TPPA检测呈阳性的住院患者中，有137例被诊断为潜伏梅毒。潜伏梅毒男性患者数量略多于女性，但差异无统计学意义（P>0.01）。60岁以上男性患者有42例（30.66%），高于其他年龄组（p<0.05）。20 - 29岁年龄组的女性患者有20例（14.60%），高于其他年龄组（p<0.05）。我们的结果表明，对住院患者进行常规梅毒筛查是在中国城市地区识别潜伏梅毒并预防传播的最有效预防措施之一。
