Iowa HHS is encouraging healthcare providers to include syphilis as part of regular STI testing for women. Syphilis is a ...

"Pregnant women can pass syphilis to their unborn baby, which can be devastating." The most common treatment for syphilis in its early stages is a single shot of benzathine penicillin. The treatment ...

The most common treatment for syphilis in its early stages is a single shot of benzathine penicillin. The treatment in its later stages is three shots of the antibiotic at one-week intervals.

“Penicillin is, I would argue, the single most important medication that's ever been introduced,” said Robert Gaynes, an infectious disease physician and medical historian at Emory University. “It ...

At this time, we are having a shortage of benzathine penicillin, the formulation that we use to treat syphilis, and specifically in pregnant women. What we're doing is really prioritizing people ...

injection) Spectinomycin 2 g im. single dose plus azithromycin 1 g single oral dose (in those who are allergic to penicillin or β-lactam) – Benzathine penicillin 2.4 MU im. single dose in the ...

Standard treatment for primary or early latent syphilis: benzathine penicillin* G 2.4 mU IM x 1 dose; For secondary syphilis and for women with primary syphilis in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy ...