Patients with early syphilis may be at risk of developing Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction following benzathine penicillin G treatment, particularly those with secondary syphilis or a successful treatment ...

In recent years Congress has expressed bipartisan alarm about China being the sole source of some indispensable drugs, such as benzathine penicillin, an antibiotic that is the main treatment for ...

Early-stage syphilis can be cured with antibiotics. Benzathine penicillin G: A single intramuscular injection of 2.4 million units for primary, secondary, or early latent syphilis. For patients ...

This review provides evidence that antibiotic prophylaxis likely reduces the risk of recurrence of rheumatic fever compared to no antibiotics, and that intramuscular benzathine benzylpenicillin ...

that other forms of penicillin cannot. The type used in the United States is called Bicillin L-A (benzathine penicillin G). Bicillin L-A is slowly absorbed after the injection, providing antibiotic ...

REACTIONS to penicillin constitute a continuing hazard with which all physicians must contend. Benzathine penicillin G, a recent development in penicillin therapy, is effective in infections ...

aSkin Neglected Tropical Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections Section, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain bFundació Lluita Contra les Infeccions, Hospital ...