Chemoprophylaxis against group A streptococcus during military training.
Chemoprevention
Military personnel
Penicillin G benzathine
Streptococcus
Journal
Preventive medicine
ISSN: 1096-0260
Titre abrégé: Prev Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0322116
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2019
01 2019
Historique:
received:
22
03
2018
revised:
27
08
2018
accepted:
20
10
2018
pubmed:
6
11
2018
medline:
14
2
2020
entrez:
6
11
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Chemoprophylaxis with intramuscular benzathine penicillin G has been used widely by the U.S. military to prevent epidemics of group A streptococcus infections during basic training. The recent global shortage of benzathine penicillin prompted a detailed analysis of this issue in 2017 by military preventive medicine and infectious disease authorities in San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California, USA. This paper explores the history of group A streptococcus and chemoprophylaxis in the U.S. military training environment, current policy and practice, and challenges associated with widespread chemoprophylaxis. In light of the history presented, preventive medicine authorities at basic training centers should be extremely cautious about discontinuing benzathine penicillin chemoprophylaxis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30393152
pii: S0091-7435(18)30342-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.10.023
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Penicillin G Benzathine
RIT82F58GK
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
142-149Informations de copyright
Published by Elsevier Inc.