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Gonorrhea if left untreated may last for weeks or months with higher risks of complications. [19] One of the complications of gonorrhea is systemic dissemination resulting in skin pustules or petechia, septic arthritis, meningitis, or endocarditis. [19] This occurs in between 0.6 and 3% of infected women and 0.4 and 0.7% of infected men. [19]
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Rates of reported gonorrhea have increased 111% since the historic low in 2009. During 2019–2020, the overall rate of reported gonorrhea increased 5.7%; rates increased among both males and females and in three regions of the United States (Midwest, Northeast, and South); rates of reported gonorrhea increased in 36 states and two US territories.
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Gonorrhea was treated with penicillin, but doses had to be progressively increased to remain effective. By the 1970s, penicillin-and tetracycline-resistant gonorrhea emerged in the Pacific Basin. These resistant strains then spread to Hawaii, California, the rest of the United States, Australia and Europe.
Gonorrhea is the second-most ... explains that bacteria have “dominated this planet for billions of years” and over time have evolved so they can survive. “Antibiotics are often natural ...
"Every time you introduce a new type of antibiotic to treat it, this bug develops resistance to it." The WHO estimates 78 million people a year get gonorrhea, an STD that can infect the genitals ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Gonorrhea: 50,000,000 [5] Globally, 0.8% (women) and 0.6% (men) have gonorrhea.