Azithromycin versus penicillin for early syphilis [3]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-

  Ballard, Ronald C ^a   Berman, Stuart M ^a   Fenton, Kevin A ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LETTER; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; NOTE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; BRAZIL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG COSTS;

EID: 30444460268     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc052777     Document Type: Letter

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