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Serum Penicillin G Levels Are Lower Than Expected in Adults within Two Weeks of Administration of 1.2 Million Units

When introduced in the 1950s, benzathine penicillin G (BPG) was shown to be effective in eradicating group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GAS) for at least 3 weeks after administration. Several studies since the 1990s suggest that at 3–4 weeks serum penicillin G levels are less than adequate (below...

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Autores principales: Broderick, Michael P., Hansen, Christian J., Russell, Kevin L., Kaplan, Edward L., Blumer, Jeffrey L., Faix, Dennis J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025308