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2. Gonorrhea: When You Do and Don’t Know You Have It - AOL

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   Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that may not immediately cause anal, vaginal, or penile symptoms. This article clears up confusion. ... A single 800-mg oral dose of cefixime ...

3. Cefixime - Wikipedia

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   Cefixime, sold under the brand name Suprax among others, is an antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections. [5] These infections include otitis media, strep throat, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and Lyme disease. [5] For gonorrhea typically only one dose is required. [6]

4. Gonorrhea - Wikipedia

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   Ceftriaxone by injection and azithromycin by mouth [ 4 ][ 5 ] Frequency. 0.8% (women), 0.6% (men) [ 6 ] Gonorrhoea or gonorrhea, colloquially known as the clap, is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae. [ 1 ] Infection may involve the genitals, mouth, or rectum. [ 7 ]

5. 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.

6. 'Super-gonorrhea’'is rare. But the STI is smart — and doctors ...

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   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 ...

7. Cephalosporin - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Cefadroxil - Wikipedia

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   Cefadroxil is a first-generation cephalosporin antibacterial drug that is the para-hydroxy derivative of cephalexin, and is used similarly in the treatment of mild to moderate susceptible infections such as the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, causing the disease popularly called strep throat or streptococcal tonsillitis, urinary tract infection, reproductive tract infection, and skin infections.

9. Non-gonococcal urethritis - Wikipedia

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   Non-gonococcal urethritis. Specialty. Urology. Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) is inflammation of the urethra that is not caused by gonorrheal infection. [1] For treatment purposes, doctors usually classify infectious urethritis in two categories: gonococcal urethritis, caused by gonorrhea, and nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). [2]