Johnson's group demonstrated in a 2023 study that congenital syphilis is not more likely with a prenatal dose schedule using ...

Owing to the increasing incidence of rheumatic heart disease in areas of China, the patient attended monthly outpatient follow up for six months to receive prophylactic infusions of benzathine ...

Penicillin resistance in pneumococci is not a common problem in nonmeningeal infection according to the new Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints (resistant ≥8 mg/L).

Ca Mau Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital, located in Ca Mau Province, southern Vietnam, where a newborn has died after receiving an intramuscular injection of Benzathine benzylpenicillin to prevent ...

I was told never to take penicillin again. I’m allergic to many antibiotics, which makes treating me (an elderly person) very challenging. Now my doctor feels that I should be able to take ...

Benzathine penicillin G 2·4 million units IM weekly 3 doses Procaine penicillin G 750 mg IM daily × 17 days or benzathine penicillin G 2·4 million units IM weekly × 3 doses Doxycycline 200 mg BD × 28 ...

Penicillin is the treatment of choice, with the preparation and treatment duration varying for different stages. Benzathine penicillin is the treatment of choice for all stages of syphilis except ...

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the global prevalence of reported penicillin allergy (PenA) is nearly 10%, though much of the data come from high-income countries (HICs), researchers ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health sends out health alerts, advisories, and updates regarding communicable disease outbreaks, immunization updates, and emerging infectious diseases to San ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD If you have ever had an allergic reaction to penicillin, you may have been ...

The best antibiotic for a sinus infection will depend on several factors. For example, while penicillin antibiotics (like amoxicillin) can be very effective, people who are allergic to penicillin will ...