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Table 3 Treatment drugs and duration

From: Outcomes of infants born to pregnant women with syphilis: a nationwide study in Korea

Initial treatment

N = 250

Treatment with one drug, n (%)

232 (93 %)

Aqueous crystalline penicillin G, n (%)

80 (32 %)

Benzathine penicillin G, n (%)

182 (73 %)

Duration of treatment 1 day, n (%)

66 (26 %)

2–9 days, n (%)

36 (14 %)

≥10 days, n (%)

148 (59 %)

Re-treatment

N = 4

Treatment with one drug, n (%)

2 (50 %)

Aqueous crystalline penicillin G, n (%)

2 (50 %)

Benzathine penicillin G, n (%)

4 (100 %)

Duration of treatment, median (range)

15.5 (3–26)