Congenital Infections: The Reality of a Municipality in Southwestern Goiás The present work aimed to identify cases of congenital infections up to the first two years of life in a municipality in the southwest of Goiás, considering that they represent an important public health problem, given the indicators of neonatal morbidity and mortality. This is an epidemiological, descriptive, analytical study, investigating cases of congenital infections by consulting the medical records of children treated at a specialty outpatient clinic in the city. A Chi-Square test of independence was performed to investigate the association between diagnosed diseases and the variables pregnancy history, period of diagnosis and maternal age. The results indicate that women with a maternal age between 20 and 30 years are 4.19 times more likely (95% CI: 1.14 - 15.45) to be diagnosed with syphilis compared to those with a maternal age younger than 20 years. Therefore, maternal age is considered a factor ...