infectious diseases
Bejel, Pinta, and Yaws
Treatment of Bejel, Pinta, and Yaws
Azithromycin is a single dose of penicillin benzathine 1.2 million units IM for patients 10 years of age and older and 600,000 units IM for children younger than 10 years of age ( Treatment reference ). Public health control includes active case finding and treatment of family and close contacts withpenicillin benzathineordoxycyclineto prevent infection from developing. 1.Giacani L, Lukehart SA: The endemic treponematoses.Clin Microbiol Rev27(1):89–115, 2014. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00070-13 