Treatment of Syphilis With Doxycycline in a Pregnant Woman Unable to Be Desensitized to Penicillin

Kory A Tillery; Sarah G Smiley; Elaine Thomas

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001576

Treatment of Syphilis With Doxycycline in a Pregnant Woman Unable to Be Desensitized to Penicillin

Sex Transm Dis. 2022 May 1;49(5):e67-e68. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001576. Epub 2021 Oct 25.

Authors

Kory A Tillery¹, Sarah G Smiley², Elaine Thomas³

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Internal Medicine.
² Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM.
³ Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

PMID: 34694273
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001576

Abstract

A pregnant woman with a non-IgE-mediated penicillin allergy was treated for syphilis with doxycycline with resolution of infection and no evidence of adverse outcome for mother or infant.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Doxycycline / therapeutic use
Drug Hypersensitivity* / drug therapy
Female
Humans
Penicillins / therapeutic use
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious* / drug therapy
Pregnant People
Syphilis* / drug therapy

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Penicillins
Doxycycline