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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. Gonorrhea - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Gonococcemia - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Gonorrhea is the 2nd most common STI — here’s what ... - AOL

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    Cases of gonorrhea — the second most common STI — are skyrocketing in the U.S. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

  8. Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Wikipedia

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    It causes the sexually transmitted genitourinary infection gonorrhea [6] as well as other forms of gonococcal disease including disseminated gonococcemia, septic arthritis, and gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum. N. gonorrhoeae is oxidase positive and a microaerophile that is capable of surviving phagocytosis and growing inside neutrophils. [6]

  9. STI Epidemic Slows As New Syphilis, Gonorrhea Cases ... - AOL

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    More than 2.4 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis were reported last year; the vast majority (1.6 million) were chlamydia, followed by gonorrhea (600,00) and syphilis (209,000).

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