Treatment of late syphilis with 2.4 million units Benzathine Penicillin G (BPG): Tolerance of single versus divided doses

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-360

  Janier, Michel ^a   Libar, Eliane ^a   Bonnet, Annie ^a   Meunier, Patrick ^a   Tabet, Magda ^a   Mathourais, Monique ^a   Paterour, Christine ^a   Porcher, Raphael ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PILOT STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; PILOT PROJECTS; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859914369     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318249968c     Document Type: Article

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