Treatment administered to newborns with congenital syphilis during a penicillin shortage in 2015, Fortaleza, Brazil

• Autori principali: Ana Fátima Braga Rocha (Autore), Maria Alix Leite Araújo (Autore), Melanie M. Taylor (Autore), Edna O. Kara (Autore), Nathalie Jeanne Nicole Broutet (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Between 2014 and 2016, Brazil experienced a severe shortage in penicillin supply, resulting in a lack of treatment among some pregnant women and newborns with syphilis and the use of non-evidence-based regimens. This study evaluated all live births in Fortaleza reported with CS i...