A 35-year-old woman has a primary syphilis chancre and a positive RPR. She is not pregnant and has no penicillin allergy. Best treatment?...

Question

A 35-year-old woman has a primary syphilis chancre and a positive RPR. She is not pregnant and has no penicillin allergy. Best treatment?

Accepted Answer

Benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units IM once

Answer

Doxycycline 100 mg PO BID x 14 days

Answer

Azithromycin 2 g PO once

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Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM once

Answer

Penicillin V 500 mg PO TID x 10 days

"infectious diseases" MCQ (SBA): Syphilis