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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Treatment involves a single dose of one type of penicillin, or 3 weekly doses for later stage disease. It is rare for the disease to return. Anyone who lives in the same house with someone who is infected should be examined for yaws and treated if they are infected.
Medical therapy
- Yaws[1]
- Preferred regimen (1): Phenoxymethylpenicillin 12.5 mg/kg q6h 7-10days (maximum dose, 300 mg q6h)
- Preferred regimen (2): Tetracyclines 500 mg q6h 15 days or doxycycline 100 mg q12h (alternative agents for the treatment of yaws in nonpregnant adults)
- Preferred regimen (3): Erythromycin 8–10 mg/kg 15 days q6h
- Preferred regimen (4): Azithromycin 30 mg/kg single-dose (maximum dose 2 g)
References
- ↑ Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Dellinger EP, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL; et al. (2014). "Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the infectious diseases society of America". Clin Infect Dis. 59 (2): 147–59. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu296. PMID 24947530.