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Treatment typically consists of cephalosporin and fluoroquinolone antibiotics. [4] Gonococcemia is typically treated with intravenous or intramuscular cephalosporin antibiotics. [ 5 ] Approximately 10-30% of gonorrheal infections present with a co-infection of chlamydia , so it is common to add a one-time dose of oral azithromycin or ...
An option for treating partners of patients (index cases) diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea is patient-delivered partner therapy, which is the clinical practice of treating the sex partners of index cases by providing prescriptions or medications to the patient to take to their partner without the health care provider first examining the ...
The CDC stopped suggesting these systemic bacterial agents once a resistant strain of N. gonorrhoeae emerged in the United States. The removal of fluoroquinolones as a potential treatment left cephalosporins as the only viable antimicrobial option for gonorrhea treatment.
Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in older adults. An expert explains why. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in Americans age 55 to 64 have more than doubled over the past ...
Sexually transmitted infections are becoming more common in older adults. Rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in people ages 55 and up more than doubled in the U.S. over the 10-year period ...
Gonorrhoea or gonorrhea, colloquially known as the clap, [7] is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. [8] Infection may involve the genitals, mouth, or rectum. [9] Gonorrhea is spread through sexual contact with an infected person, [1] or from a mother to a child during birth. [1]
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 ...
Since August 2012, the third-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone, is the only recommended treatment for gonorrhea in the United States (in addition to azithromycin or doxycycline for concurrent Chlamydia treatment). Cefixime is no longer recommended as a first-line treatment due to evidence of decreasing susceptibility. [30] Ceftriaxone ...