The Client Has Been Diagnosed with Syphilis

The client has been diagnosed with syphilis. The infective process for this client is known to be greater than 1 year. Because of the type and length of the infectious process, the nurse anticipates that the type of drug to administer and the time of administration will be:

A) spectinomycin IM once in the early stage of the disease.
B) doxycycline IM once weekly for 3 weeks.
C) probenecid IM once in the early stage of the disease.
D) benzathine penicillin G IM once weekly for 3 weeks.