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Standard treatment for primary or early latent syphilis: benzathine penicillin* G 2.4 mU IM x 1 dose; For secondary syphilis and for women with primary syphilis in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy ...

Again, the signs and symptoms of secondary syphilis resolve spontaneously without treatment, and the infection then enters the latent phase. Figure 2. Primary lesion of syphilis. Figure courtesy ...