Procedure of the therapy
In the case of neurosyphilis, we administer penicillin intravenously for two weeks. The USZ now offers this intravenous therapy via a portable antibiotic pump, so that the treatment can be carried out on an outpatient basis from home and the affected person does not have to be hospitalized. To avoid further infection, your partner or sexual partners from the last 90 days should also be treated. If there is an allergy to penicillin, we can switch to antibiotics with other active ingredients such as doxycycline. We know from our own investigations that the macrolide antibiotics that were previously recommended as an alternative can no longer be used due to resistance.
