Addressing the crisis of congenital syphilis: Key findings from an evaluation of the management of syphilis in pregnancy and the newborn in South-East Queensland.

Management can be optimised with timely maternal testing and treatment, comprehensive partner screening and treatment, strict adherence to seven-day penicillin dosing for late latent syphilis and thorough maternal and infant testing after treatment and delivery. If maternal treatment was inadequate in pregnancy, consideration needs to be given to close evaluation and empiric treatment of the infant.