Effectiveness and Tolerability of Oral Amoxicillin in Pregnant Women with Active Syphilis, Japan, 2010–2018

Effectiveness and Tolerability of Oral Amoxicillin in Pregnant Women with Active Syphilis, Japan, 2010–2018

We conducted a nationwide retrospective study in Japan to evaluate the effectiveness of oral amoxicillin or ampicillin as alternatives to injectable benzathine penicillin G for treating pregnant women with syphilis and preventing congenital syphilis (CS). We investigated 80 pregnant women with activ...

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Main Authors: Takeshi Nishijima, Kei Kawana, Ichio Fukasawa, Naoko Ishikawa, Melanie M. Taylor, Hiroshige Mikamo, Kiyoko Kato, Jo Kitawaki, Tomoyuki Fujii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
congenital syphilis
adverse birth outcomes
mother-to-child transmission
Treponema pallidum
amoxicillin
Japan
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1300_article

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