The shortage of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) worldwide presents a major challenge in the treatment of syphilis. Its availability for syphilis treatment has not been adequately evaluated in China. Two surveys were conducted among hospitals providing sexu
It has, for the present at least, a place in the treatment of syphilis as the most desirable form of therapy presently available for certain of the protean manifestations of this disease and as an adjunct to older methods in others.Access through your organization Check access to the full ...
Neurosyphilis may cause irreversible neurological sequelae. First-line treatment consists of penicillin G, with ceftriaxone being an alternative treatment in patients allergic to penicillin. The lack of clinical data comparing the efficacy of these two drugs indicated the need for comparative clinical tria...
Talk to your healthcare provider about how to monitor for this side effect. If you are using penicillin for syphilis, you may have certain symptoms during the first 24 hours after the injection, including fever, chills, muscle aches, headache, flushing, and a fast heartbeat. These symptoms ...
Primary, secondary or early latent syphilis if the csf is negative5,61,64 Treatment is procaine penicillin 1.2 g (600 000 units) intramuscularly daily for 10 days with probenecid 500 mg every 6 h. An alternative is single-dose benzathine penicillin G 1.8 g intramuscularly. If the patient is...
Penicillin used in the treatment of early syphilisFirst page of articledoi:10.1136/sti.20.1.41BMJ Publishing Group LtdBritish Journal of Venereal Diseases
If used to treat syphilis or other spirochetal infections (such as Lyme disease), this medication may cause a condition known as Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. This condition may occur 1 to 2 hours after you receive the medication and can last up to 24 hours. Notify your doctor right away ...
Trials (2022) 23:835 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06769-w STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access Ceftriaxone compared with penicillin G for the treatment of neurosyphilis: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial Fang‑Zhi Du1, Min‑Zhi Wu2, Xu Zhang1, ...
Treatment of syphilis with penicillin.SYPHILIS/therapy[No authors listed]doi:10.1080/00325481.1947.11691630ColeHarold N.Taylor & FrancisPostgraduate Medicine
Penicillins (penicillins G [intravenous] and V [oral]): Penicillin G is the drug of choice for Treponema pallidum infection (syphilis) and is useful for the treatment of certain other infections (e.g., group A streptococcal pharyngitis and some anaerobic infections). ▪ Aminopenicillins (amp...