Serum penicillin levels in Indian children and adolescents with rheumatic heart disease receiving benzathine penicillin G prophylaxis

Background: Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) are serious complications of untreated Group A Streptococcal infections. Given that India bears the highest global burden of RHD, optimizing secondary prophylaxis is a public health priority. Concerns regarding the adequacy of the c...

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Principais autores:	Kawaldeep Kaur, Sakshi Sachdeva, Dinesh Kumar, Thirumurthy Velpandian, Dheeraj Deo Bhatt
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2026-01-01
coleção:	Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Assuntos:	benzathine penicillin g penicillin g pharmacokinetics rheumatic heart disease secondary prophylaxis
Acesso em linha:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/apc.apc_194_25
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