Ceftriaxone for Treatment of Primary Syphilis in Men
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Vol. 14 (2), 116-118
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007435-198704000-00013
Abstract
Eithteen male patients with primary syphilis were randomly assigned to one of the following treatment schedules: ceftriaxone (3 g in a single intramuscular [im] injection), ceftriaxone (2 g im daily for two days), ceftriaxone (2 g im daily for five days), and benzathine penicillin (2.4 .times. 106 units in a single im injection). The single 3-g dose of ceftriaxone cured three men, one had a sustained response, and one failed to be cured. Of the patients given 2 g of ceftriaxone im daily for two days, three were cured and two had a sustained response. All three men treated with 2 g of ceftriaxone daily for five days had a sustained response. In the group given penicillin, three men were cured, one had a sustained response, and one was lost to follow-up.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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