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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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
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
Subjects:	syphilis maternal syphilis congenital penicillin amoxicillin ceftriaxone
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1936_article