USPSTF Recommends Syphilis Screening for All Pregnant Women

"The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed its 2004 recommendation to screen all pregnant women for syphilis infection. The updated recommendation statement and an accompanying review of the underlying evidence are published in the May issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

'In 2004, the USPSTF reviewed the evidence on screening for syphilis in pregnant women,' write Ned Calonge, MD, MPH, from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in Denver, and colleagues from the USPSTF, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, Maryland."