Quality of benzathine penicillin G: A multinational cross‐sectional study

• Main Authors: Robert M. Hand (Author), S. M. D. K. Ganga Senarathna (Author), Madhu Page‐Sharp (Author), Katherine Gray (Author), Dianne Sika‐Paotonu (Author), Meru Sheel (Author), Victor T. G. Chuang (Author), Jorge Martinez (Author), Giuseppe Luna (Author), Laurens Manning (Author), Rosemary Wyber (Author), Jonathan R. Carapetis (Author), Kevin T. Batty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Benzathine penicillin G (BPG) is used as first‐line treatment for most forms of syphilis and as secondary prophylaxis against rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Perceptions that poor quality of BPG is linked to reported adverse effects and therapeutic failure may impact syphilis and RHD control...