Title
Chemoprophylaxis against group A streptococcus during military training
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Naval Health Research Center
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
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.
Start page
142
End page
149
Volume
118
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina general, Medicina interna
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85055709631
PubMed ID
Source
Preventive Medicine
ISSN of the container
00917435
Sponsor(s)
U.S. Department of Defense - DOD
The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Air Force, the Navy, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. The authors report no potential conflicts of interest.
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