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Table 3 Other treatment schemes administered to CS combining drugs. Fortaleza, Ceará, 2015. N = 179

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

Initial drug

Complementary drug (s)

Number

Percent

Crystalline Penicillin

+ Procaine Penicillin

134

74.9

+ Procaine Penicillin + Crystalline Penicillin

6

3.3

+ Benzathine Penicillin

8

4.5

+ Ceftriaxone

3

1.7

+ Procaine Penicillin + Benzathine

2

1.1

+ Ceftriaxone + Procaine Penicillin

4

2.2

+ Cephalothin + Procaine Penicillin

2

1.1

Ceftriaxone

+ Procaine Penicillin

17

9.5

+ Crystalline Penicillin + Procaine Penicillin

3

1.7