[Expert Solution]: A 31-year-old man is diagnosed with ocular…

A 31-year-old man is diagnosed with ocular syphilis. He has no other symptoms or abnormal physical examination findings. He has a positive serum Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test with a titer of 1:128. He does not have any antibiotic allergies. What treatment should be recommended for this man? Aqueous crystalline penicillin G 18–24 million units per day, administered as 3–4 million units IV every 4 hours or continuous infusion, for 10–14 days Doxycycline orally 100 mg twice daily for 28 days Ceftriaxone 1 gram IV twice daily for 7 days Benzathine penicillin G 7.2 million units total divided into three weekly intramuscular injections of 2.4 million units with each dose