Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis

Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis

There is no proven alternative to penicillin for treatment of maternal syphilis. We report 2 case-patients with maternal syphilis who were successfully treated without penicillin. We used amoxicillin and probenecid for the first case-patient and amoxicillin, probenecid, and ceftriaxone for the secon...

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Main Authors: Yuichi Katanami, Takehiro Hashimoto, Saho Takaya, Kei Yamamoto, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Kayoko Hayakawa, Shuzo Kanagawa, Norio Ohmagari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
syphilis
maternal syphilis
congenital
penicillin
amoxicillin
ceftriaxone
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1936_article

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