Linezolid Inferior To Penicillin In The Treatment Of Early Syphilis, Study Finds

MedPage Today (1/12, Kahn) reported, “Linezolid failed to meet noninferiority criteria when compared with standard benzathine penicillin G (BPG) in the treatment of early syphilis, according to findings of the randomized, controlled Trep-AB Study of cisgender men.” In the study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, “only 70% of trial participants with early syphilis who were treated with linezolid were cured, compared with 100% of participants treated with penicillin, reported” researchers.