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Comparing 7-Day Versus 6-8-Day Penicillin Treatment Intervals Among Pregnant People With Syphilis of Late or Unknown Duration: No Difference Found in Incidence of Congenital Syphilis.

Kelly A JohnsonNicole O BurghardtRobert E SnyderRosalyn E PlotzkerBrandon M ImpRyan MurphyKathleen JacobsonEric C Tang
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
Prenatal BPGx3 at 6-8 days was no more likely to lead to CS in infants than 7-days. These findings hint that 6-8-day intervals might be adequate to prevent CS among pregnant people with syphilis of late/unknown duration. Consequently, it is possible that CS evaluation beyond an RPR at delivery may be unnecessary in asymptomatic infants whose parents received BPGx3 at 6-8 days.
Keyphrases
  • men who have sex with men
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • pregnant women
  • hepatitis c virus
  • risk factors
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • hiv infected
  • combination therapy
  • smoking cessation