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A reaudit of the management of syphilis in pregnancy in a large inner London hospital
  1. Olubanke Davies1,
  2. Chandrika Jayakody1,
  3. Rozanna Issa2,
  4. John White1,
  5. Cindy Sethi1
  1. 1 Department of genitourinary medicine, Guy's & St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
  2. 2 Department of midwifery, Guy's & St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Olubanke Davies, Department of genitourinary medicine, Guy's & St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, St Thomas’ Hospital, Westminster bridge road, London, SE1 7EH, UK; odavies{at}doctors.net.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051520

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    British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) guidelines recommend that pregnant women with a positive syphilis test should be referred to genitourinary medicine (GUM); first-line treatment should be used where possible, and management should be in close liaison with obstetricians, midwives and paediatricians. …

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    • Contributors Olubanke Davies carried out the reaudit and wrote the article. Chandrika Jayakody and Rozanna Issa made substantial contributions to the design, data collection and data analysis. John White made substantial contributions to the design and provided critical review of the article. Cindy Gulshan Sethi made substantial contributions to the design, carried out the initial audit and provided critical review of the article.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.