Amoxicillin and Ceftriaxone as Treatment Alternatives to Penicillin for Maternal Syphilis
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There is no proven alternative to penicillin for treatment of maternal syphilis. We report 2 case-patients with maternal syphilis who were successfully treated without penicillin. We used amoxicillin and probenecid for the first case-patient and amoxicillin, probenecid, and ceftriaxone for the second case-patient.
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