Doctors are being forced to ration penicillin as syphilis cases soar amid the “out of control” rise of sexually transmitted ...

The good news is syphilis is completely curable. As long as somebody is diagnosed early and gets the proper treatment, all of those can be totally avoided. Standard treatment is an injection ...

Syphilis: dosage and duration determined by age of patient and stage of disease. Gonorrheal endocarditis and arthritis: minimum 5million Units per day. Meningococcal meningitis: 1–2million Units ...

Among the STIs, chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections have been rising ... U.S. It is acquired mostly through sexual activity or injection drug abuse. Nearly 5,000 AIDS deaths still occur ...