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Treatment of Syphilis With Doxycycline in a Pregnant Woman Unable to Be Desensitized to Penicillin
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Treatment of Syphilis With Doxycycline in a Pregnant Woman Unable to Be Desensitized to Penicillin

Kory A. Tillery, Sarah G. Smiley and Elaine Thomas
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Vol.49(5)
2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001576

Abstract

Anti-Bacterial Agents Doxycycline Drug Hypersensitivity Female Humans Penicillins Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Pregnant Women Syphilis azithromycin doxycycline penicillin derivative reaginic antibody antiinfective agent doxycycline penicillin derivative adult Article bronchitis case report cesarean section clinical article desensitization enzyme immunoassay female histopathology human human cell human tissue immediate type hypersensitivity penicillin allergy phlebitis pregnant woman skin biopsy skin manifestation spirochete syphilis Treponema drug hypersensitivity pregnancy pregnancy complication pregnant woman
A pregnant woman with a non-IgE-mediated penicillin allergy was treated for syphilis with doxycycline with resolution of infection and no evidence of adverse outcome for mother or infant. © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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