Abstract

DOMINGUEZ DOMINGUEZ, Inés; SAFORA ENRIQUEZ, Omayda  and  RODRIGUEZ IZQUIERDO, Aldo. Characterization of a population group with a diagnosed of Treponema Pallidum infection. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.1, pp.54-64. ISSN 0138-600X.

In past years, syphilis is an increasing disease at world scale. OBJECTIVES: To know its behavior ad to characterize the involved population in three health areas from the Centro Habana municipality and to identify some sociodemographic features of infected patients, as well to recognize the routes by which diagnosis was made and to establish the relation between the patients with the syphilis and de reference sexual orientation. METHODS: A retrospective and descriptive study was conducted on the syphilis's incidence in three health areas during 2007-2009. Different variables were studied including age, sex, skin color, marital status, sexual orientation, job and diagnostic mean. Universe included 120 patients with quantitative serology positives to syphilis in three health areas; information was obtained from the obligate statement diseases cards (OSDC). RESULTS: There was an increasing rise in ages from 14 to 30 years. The black population was the more involved since it was detected in the 45 % of study persons. Regarding the other variables it was possible to verify that the 70 % had a heterosexual behavior. Within the study psychosocial factors we found that more of the three quarter of those with positive serology was singles. In occupational distribution more than a half of study patients are not linked with any type of job. CONCLUSIONS: There are clues of an increase in the figure of new cases diagnosed per year; that the age, a no stable sexual partner and non work link may to act as a risk factor to acquire the disease.

Keywords : Reactive serology; treponema pallidum; risk factors.

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