benzathine penicillin
A COMPARISON OF ORAL AND INTRAMUSCULAR BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G FOR THE PREVENTION OF STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AND RECURRENCES OF RHEUMATIC FEVER
... rent rheumatic fever.. muscular benzathene penicillin in the prophylaxis of streptococcal infection in rheumatic children. : A comparison of in- tramuscular benzathine penicillin and. or[r] ...
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Availability of benzathine penicillin G for syphilis treatment in Shandong Province, Eastern China
... long-acting benzathine penicillin G (BPG) without docu- mented risk of resistance ...as penicillin, treating other coexisting STIs and penicillin-allergic patients, these regimens require mul- ...
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IMPROVED LOCAL TOLERANCE TO BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G
... : The sue- cessful treatment of beta hemolytic strep- tococcal infections in children with a single injection of repository penicillin (benzathine penicillin G). Hartenstein, H., and Fel[r] ...
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Clinical Profile and Factors Related to Compliance with Benzathine Penicillin G Prophylaxis among RF/RHD Patients at the Tarlac Provincial Hospital, Philippines
... This study is an ex-post facto research. The charts of patients diagnosed with RF/RHD were reviewed and analyzed. The charts included results of laboratory tests. The study was conducted at the TPH Pediatric Department. ...
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A Review of the Rationale and Advantages of Various Mixtures of Benzathine Penicillin G
... Incidence of moderate to severe local reactions in children who received two different dosages of benzathine penicillin G alone compared to two groups who received varied combinations of[r] ...
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<p>Adherence to Benzathine Penicillin G Secondary Prophylaxis and Its Determinants in Patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease at a Cardiac Center of an Ethiopian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital</p>
... 8,9 Benzathine penicillin G (BPG) secondary antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) has been shown to reduce the risk of ARF recur- rences and the development or worsening of RHD with well-established ...
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Rheumatic Fever Prophylaxis Using Benzathine Penicillin G (BPG): Two-week Versus Four-week Regimens: Comparison of Two Brands of BPG
... The patients received their injections at the rheumatic fever clinic in a dose of 1.2 million U per injection using a local BPG preparation. The two prophylaxis groups had cornparable me[r] ...
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A COMPARISON OF ORAL BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G AND SULFONAMIDES FOR THE PREVENTION OF STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AND RECURRENCES OF RHEUMATIC FEVER
... incidence of rheumatic recurrences in rheu- matic subjects following streptococcal upper respiratory infections varies from.. 10 to 50 per cent in different epidemics.17 In this study, 1[r] ...
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Are the Currently Recommended Doses of Benzathine Penicillin G Adequate for Secondary Prophylaxis of Rheumatic Fever?
... Some previous studies have used penicillin levels of 20 ng/mL as indicative of a protective level.9”0 How- ever it does remain uncertain as to how to define a truly protective level of p[r] ...
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Allergic Reactions in Rheumatic Fever Patients on Long-term Benzathine Penicillin G: The Role of Skin Testing for Penicillin Allergy
... among 410 patients receiving monthly injections.1 Since then, although rheumatic fever prevention in the United States (U.S.) has consisted almost exclu- sively of using BPG, there been [r] ...
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Three-Versus Four-week Administration of Benzathine Penicillin G: Effects on Incidence of Streptococcal Infections and Recurrences of Rheumatic Fever
... Hung-Chi Lue, Mei-Hwan Wu, Jou-Kou Wang, Fen-Fen Wu and Yu-Nian Wu Incidence of Streptococcal Infections and Recurrences of Rheumatic Fever Three-Versus Four-week Administration of Benza[r] ...
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Serum Penicillin Concentrations After Intramuscular Administration of Benzathine Penicillin G in Children
... 1. Gastanaduy AS, Howe BB, Kaplan EL, et a!: Failure of penicillin to eradicate group A streptococci during an out- break of pharyngitis. Howie VM, Ploussard JH: Treatment of group A str[r] ...
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Unexplained Reduced Microbiological Efficacy of Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin G and of Oral Penicillin V in Eradication of Group A Streptococci From Children With Acute Pharyngitis
... ing penicillin prepared in several different ...parenteral penicillin in these carefully designed and rigorously conducted clinical trials in patients with acute pharyngitis remains un- ...for ...
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CONCENTRATION OF PENICILLIN IN THE SERUM FOLLOWING INTRAMUSCULAR ADMINISTRATION OF BENZATHINE PENICILLIN G TO CHILDREN WITH INACTIVE RHEUMATIC FEVER
... 4 and 20 years with inactive rheumatic fever received 1,200,000 units of benzathine peni- cillin G every 28 days by intramuscular in- jection and were studied from the stand- point of ef[r] ...
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Penicillin Failures?!
... oral penicillin or intramus- cular injection of benzathine penicillin G is as high as 35% to 37% in the infections reported by Kaplan and Johnson, why has rheu- matic fever completely disappeared in ...
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Penicillin Failures?!
... of benzathine penicillin G are still brilliantly effective in terminating epidemics of rheumatic fever attributable to outbreaks of rheumatogenic GAS strains, the Food and Drug Administration should monitor ...
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Rheumatic heart disease: infectious disease origin, chronic care approach
... long-acting penicillin every 28 days for individuals with a history of ARF (or documented RHD) to prevent ARF recurrences [55] thereby reducing cumulative valve ...recommend benzathine penicillin G ...
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Predictors of serological failure after treatment in HIV infected patients with early syphilis in the emerging Era of universal antiretroviral therapy use
... of benzathine penicillin G (BPG) rather than 1 dose of BPG (62% vs 32%) even though the 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) STD Treatment Guidelines recom- mended treatment for early ...
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THE "IN VIVO SENSITIVITY TEST"—BACTERIOLOGY OF MIDDLE EAR EXUDATE
... Long-acting sulfonamides, triple sulfon- amide, and tetracycline are frequently ineffective against pneumococcus in middle ear exudate while benzathine penicillin, phenoxymethyl penicill[r] ...
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Epidemiology and Control of Acute Respiratory Diseases With Emphasis on Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus: A Decade of U.S. Army Experience
... * Mass prophylaxis: all nonallergic trainees at a given training center simul- taneously receive a single benzathine penicillin injection. t Tandem prophylaxis: all nonallergic new acces[r] ...
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