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How many doses of IM penicillin would you recommend for a patient with biopsy confirmed syphilis proctitis?

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Infectious Disease · University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD

Syphilis is not a common cause of proctitis but apparently the biopsy confirms it. Almost certainly, the patient has primary or secondary syphilis, and standard treatment for early syphilis, a single 2.4 MU dose of benzathine penicillin G, is sufficient. If other evidence is more consistent with syp...

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