The client has been diagnosed with syphilis. The infective process for this client is known to be greater than 1 year
Because of the type and length of the infectious process, the nurse anticipates that the type of drug to administer and the time of administration will be:
a. spectinomycin IM once in the early stage of the disease.
b. doxycycline IM once weekly for 3 weeks.
c. probenecid IM once in the early stage of the disease.
d. benzathine penicillin G IM once weekly for 3 weeks.
ANS: D
The drug of choice for syphilis is benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units given IM once in the early stage of syphilis. If the infective process is known to be greater than 1 year, benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units is given IM once weekly for 3 weeks.
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