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A new recall of injected penicillin may put gains against syphilis in peril

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...
News Medical

Single penicillin injection found to be as effective as three doses for early syphilis

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that a single injection of the antibiotic benzathine penicillin G (BPG) successfully treated early syphilis just as well as the ...
Healio

Single dose of benzathine penicillin effective against early syphilis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In most cases, a single BPG dose is as effective against early syphilis as a three-dose regimen. Syphilis rates ...
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One antibiotic dose enough for early syphilis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is as effective against early syphilis as a three-dose regimen. The ...