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Fig. 3 | BMC Pediatrics

Fig. 3

From: Better care for babies: the added value of a modified reverse syphilis testing algorithm for the treatment of congenital syphilis in a maternity Hospital in Central African Republic

Fig. 3

Actual and theoretical antibiotic and hospital days saved for neonates at MSF Castors Maternity Hospital. Legend: RPR = Rapid plasma reagin. Antibiotic days = Aggregate number of days for which any amount of a specific antibiotic is administered to a patient and documented in the medical record (adapted from CDC definition). Hospital days = The total number of days a patient stays in hospital. Scenario A: Assumes that all patients were treated for 10 days with penicillin irrespective of maternal RPR results. Scenario B: Assumes that all mothers were tested with both SD Bioline and RPR. Patients born to RPR reactive mothers were treated for 10 days with IV penicillin while patients born to RPR non-reactive mothers were treated with a single dose of penicillin. MSF Castors: Actual antibiotic and hospital days for patients born to RPR reactive and RPR non-reactive mothers at MSF Castors from March 2017 to February 2018

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