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2. New antibiotic shows promise for drug-resistant gonorrhea - AOL

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   Gonorrhea is the second most common STI in the U.S. and has developed resistance to all antibiotics used to treat it, except for the recommended combined therapy of an injection of the antibiotic ...

3. 'Super-gonorrhea’'is rare. But the STI is smart - AOL

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   The Canadian report called antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea “a serious public health threat” and said the STI’s ability to withstand two antibiotics used to treat it, ceftriaxone and ...

4. Gonorrhea - Wikipedia

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   Gonorrhea can be prevented with the use of condoms, having sex with only one person who is uninfected, and by not having sex. [1] [3] Treatment is usually with ceftriaxone by injection and azithromycin by mouth. [4] [5] Resistance has developed to many previously used antibiotics and higher doses of ceftriaxone are occasionally required. [4] [5]

5. CDC Recommends Antibiotic for Use as 'Morning After Pill' to ...

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   New CDC guidance advises taking a common antibiotic within 72 hours after unprotected sexual activity to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). These new recommendations ...

6. Sexually transmitted infection - Wikipedia

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   The first effective treatment for a sexually transmitted infection was salvarsan, a treatment for syphilis. With the discovery of antibiotics , a large number of sexually transmitted infections became easily curable, and this, combined with effective public health campaigns against STIs, led to a public perception during the 1960s and 1970s ...

7. Norfloxacin - Wikipedia

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   Norfloxacin, sold under the brand name Noroxin among others, is an antibiotic [1] [2] that belongs to the class of fluoroquinolone antibiotics.It is used to treat urinary tract infections, gynecological infections, inflammation of the prostate gland, gonorrhea and bladder infection.

8. CDC proposes antibiotic as morning-after STI treatment for ...

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   New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would recommend physicians prescribe a common antibiotic to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs ...

9. Antibiotic resistance in gonorrhea - Wikipedia

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   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. Resistance to penicillin has ...