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MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
March 2005
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 C-R, a mixture of 1.2 million units (MU) benzathine penicillin G (BPG) and 1.
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December 1997
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
The symptoms of recurrent rheumatic fever in adults can be very different from those in children, and the diagnosis is easy to overlook. Nonetheless, rheumatic fever is still a problem in many parts of the world, as illustrated by this case. Dr Capizzi and associates remind us to keep our options open.
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