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[65] [66] In 2016, the WHO published new guidelines for treatment, stating "There is an urgent need to update treatment recommendations for gonococcal infections to respond to changing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) patterns of N. gonorrhoeae. High-level resistance to previously recommended quinolones is widespread and decreased susceptibility ...
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, also known as gonococcus (singular) or gonococci (plural), is a species of Gram-negative diplococci bacteria isolated by Albert Neisser in 1879. [3] It causes the sexually transmitted genitourinary infection gonorrhea [4] as well as other forms of gonococcal disease including disseminated gonococcemia, septic arthritis, and gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum.
108,000 (STIs other than HIV/AIDS, 2015) [4] A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex. [1][5][6] STIs often do not ...
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhea that can readily establish an infection in the mucous membranes lining the throat, vagina, penis, and anus ...
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is rare in the U.S., but El Sahly says it’s still important to take it seriously. Dr. Matthew Hamill, an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of ...
The antibiotic, which would be the first new gonorrhea treatment approved in decades, could make it to market by 2025. The World Health Organization estimates that globally there are more than 82 ...
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea, has developed antibiotic resistance to many antibiotics. The bacteria was first identified in 1879. [1] In the 1940s effective treatment with penicillin became available, but by the 1970s resistant strains predominated.
Preventive antibiotics may help curb the STI epidemic, experts say. Benjamin Ryan. July 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Instead of simply treating sexually transmitted infections with antibiotics, a new ...