Single-dose benzathine penicillin in infants at risk of congenital syphilis - Results of a randomised study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-65

  Radcliffe, M ^a   Meyer, M ^a   Roditi, D ^a   Malan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYPHILIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT, NEWBORN; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PENICILLINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031040586     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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