children s health issues
Syphilis in Newborns
Treatment of Syphilis in Newborns
Penicillin All people who have syphilis are treated with the antibioticpenicillin. While pregnant, infected women receive an injection (or a series of injections) of the medication into a muscle (intramuscularly) or rarely into a vein (intravenously). Newborns, infants, and children who are infected are givenpenicillinintravenously or intramuscularly. Corticosteroid andatropinedrops may be given for eye inflammation. Children who have hearing loss may benefit frompenicillinplus a corticosteroid taken by mouth. 