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CS Algorithm

This document provides guidelines for evaluating and treating infants exposed to syphilis in utero. It outlines 4 scenarios based on the infant and mother's criteria. Scenario 1 indicates proven or highly probable congenital syphilis and requires a CSF analysis and full treatment of the infant. Scenario 2 indicates possible congenital syphilis and requires a more limited infant evaluation. Scenario 3 is less likely congenital syphilis and may not require infant treatment if follow-up can be certain. Scenario 4 is not discussed but involves an adequately treated mother.

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CS Algorithm

This document provides guidelines for evaluating and treating infants exposed to syphilis in utero. It outlines 4 scenarios based on the infant and mother's criteria. Scenario 1 indicates proven or highly probable congenital syphilis and requires a CSF analysis and full treatment of the infant. Scenario 2 indicates possible congenital syphilis and requires a more limited infant evaluation. Scenario 3 is less likely congenital syphilis and may not require infant treatment if follow-up can be certain. Scenario 4 is not discussed but involves an adequately treated mother.

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CONGENITAL SYPHILIS (CS)

Evaluation and treatment of infants (<30 days old) exposed to syphilis in utero*
Start INFANTS AND BIRTHING PARENT (e.g., mother) SHOULD HAVE SERUM RPR OR VDRL TITER DRAWN AT DELIVERY

Infant Criteria: Maternal Criteria: Additional Maternal Criteria:

• CS findings on physical exam • Not treated • Adequately treated with benzathine penicillin
No to all No to all
• Infant titer ≥4 fold higher than mother’s titer • Inadequately treated§ G appropriate for stage, initiated ≥30 days
• + darkfield or PCR of placenta, cord lesion, • Treatment undocumented before delivery
or body fluid • Treated with a non-benzathine penicillin G regimen AND
• + silver stain of placenta or cord • Initiated treatment <30 days before delivery • No concern for reinfection or treatment failure

Scenario 1: Scenario 2: Scenario 3:


Yes to any Yes to any Yes to both
Proven or Highly Possible CS
II
Less Likely CS
Probable CS
Infant Evaluation: No additional infant evaluation
Infant Evaluation:
†
† • CSF analysis
• CSF analysis
VDRL, cell count, and protein
VDRL, cell count, and protein Review Maternal Titers & Stage:
• CBC, differential, and platelet count
• Complete blood count (CBC), differential
• Long-bone radiographs
and platelet count • ≥4-fold decrease in titer after treatment for early syphilis
• Long-bone radiographs OR
• Tests as clinically indicated by signs on Any abnormalities, • Stable titer for low-titer, latent syphilis (RPR < 1:4 or
physical exam. results not available, VDRL<1:2)
No abnormalities
OR follow-up¶ uncertain AND
follow-up¶ certain
No to both Yes to either
OR AND
Infant Treatment: follow-up¶ uncertain follow-up¶ certain
‡
Aqueous crystalline penicillin G Infant Treatment:
No treatment indicated
100,000–150,000 units/kg/day, administered as 50,000 Benzathine penicillin G
units/kg/dose IV every 12 hours during the first 7 days of life with close serologic follow-up of infant every 2-3
and every 8 hours thereafter for a total of 10 days 50,000 units/kg/dose IM in a single dose months for 6 months

* Scenario 4 – in which an infant at delivery has a normal physical exam and titer < 4-fold mother’s titer, AND the mother was adequately treated prior to becoming pregnant and sustains RPR titers <1:4 or
VDRL<1:2 throughout pregnancy – is not included.
† CSF test results obtained during the neonatal period can be difficult to interpret; normal values differ by gestational age and are higher in preterm infants.
‡ Alternative: Procaine penicillin G 50,000 units/kg/dose IM in a single daily dose for 10 days.
§ Benzathine Penicillin G (BPG or Bicillin-LA), administered according to stage of disease and initiated at least 30 days prior to delivery is the only adequate treatment for syphilis during pregnancy.
II Evaluation is not necessary if a 10-day course of parenteral therapy is administered, although such evaluations might be useful. If the neonate’s nontreponemal test is nonreactive and the mother’s risk for
untreated syphilis is low, a single IM dose of BPG can be considered without evaluation.
¶ All neonates with reactive nontreponemal tests should receive careful follow-up examinations and serologic testing (i.e., a nontreponemal test) every 2–3 months until the test becomes nonreactive. Neonates with
a negative nontreponemal test at birth whose mothers were seroreactive at delivery should be retested at 3 months to rule out serologically negative incubating congenital syphilis at the time of birth.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SCENARIO 4 MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS IN PREGNANCY, NEONATAL CSF INTERPRETATION, AND CS INFANT FOLLOW-UP, PLEASE REFER TO
THE CDC 2021 STI TREATMENT GUIDELINES. Revised 2/2022

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