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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| author | Yuichi Katanami Takehiro Hashimoto Saho Takaya Kei Yamamoto Satoshi Kutsuna Nozomi Takeshita Kayoko Hayakawa Shuzo Kanagawa Norio Ohmagari |
| author_facet | Yuichi Katanami Takehiro Hashimoto Saho Takaya Kei Yamamoto Satoshi Kutsuna Nozomi Takeshita Kayoko Hayakawa Shuzo Kanagawa Norio Ohmagari |
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| description | 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 second case-patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6929bf2dc5b42faa72c72a85a624d0d2022-12-22T00:53:20ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592017-05-0123582782910.3201/eid2305.161936Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal SyphilisYuichi KatanamiTakehiro HashimotoSaho TakayaKei YamamotoSatoshi KutsunaNozomi TakeshitaKayoko HayakawaShuzo KanagawaNorio OhmagariThere 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 second case-patient.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1936_articlesyphilismaternal syphiliscongenitalpenicillinamoxicillinceftriaxone |
| spellingShingle | Yuichi Katanami Takehiro Hashimoto Saho Takaya Kei Yamamoto Satoshi Kutsuna Nozomi Takeshita Kayoko Hayakawa Shuzo Kanagawa Norio Ohmagari Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis Emerging Infectious Diseases syphilis maternal syphilis congenital penicillin amoxicillin ceftriaxone |
| title | Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis |
| title_full | Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis |
| title_fullStr | Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis |
| title_short | Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis |
| title_sort | amoxicillin and ceftriaxone as treatment alternatives to penicillin for maternal syphilis |
| topic | syphilis maternal syphilis congenital penicillin amoxicillin ceftriaxone |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1936_article |
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