Overview
- The number of infectious syphilis and gonorrhea cases have increased dramatically in Alberta since 2014.
- Gonorrhea cases have more than doubled since 2014: over 5,000 cases in 2021 versus 1,900 cases in 2014
- Over 3,200 infectious syphilis cases have been reported in 2021 compared to 160 cases in 2014
- • Since 2014, there have been over 230 cases of congenital syphilis, resulting in more than 40 still births
Key Messages
Talk
Encourage discussion about STI/HIV screening with all sexually active persons during routine office visits and consider offering STI/HIV testing to all patients as routine care.
Test
Who should be tested?
Resources
Treat
All cases of syphilis should be managed in consultation with STI Centralized Services.
- Provide treatment
- To access Bicillin® contact STI Centralized Services
- Report and discuss partner notification from the last 3 months
- Notification of STI form - Please Note: To avoid errors, the following Government of Alberta forms must be downloaded to your computer and opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of being viewed via the web browser. Right click on the URL and click "Save Link As" to save the file to your desktop.