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Article: Inadvertent use of Bicillin[R] C-R to treat syphilis infection--Los Angeles, California, 1999-2004.
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- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- March 11, 2005
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In March 2004, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS) was notified that a large nonprofit clinic serving the gay and lesbian community in Los Angeles used a nonrecommended preparation of penicillin to treat syphilis patients during January 1999-March 2004. The clinic had inadvertently used Bicillin[R] C-R, a mixture of 1.2 million units (MU) benzathine penicillin G (BPG) and 1.2 MU procaine penicillin G, rather than Bicillin[R] L-A, a preparation that contains the 2.4 MU BPG per dose recommended by CDC (1). Bicillin L-A is recommended for treating syphilis and upper respiratory tract infections caused by susceptible streptococci (2). Bicillin C-R is ...