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2. 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 ...

3. Doxycycline - Wikipedia

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   Doxycycline is a broad ... doxycycline was considered a first-line treatment for chlamydia and non-gonococcal urethritis and with cefixime for uncomplicated gonorrhea.

4. 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]

5. US health officials advise using antibiotic as a ‘morning ...

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   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finalized its endorsement of taking doxycycline after unprotected sex as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis infections. CDC officials ...

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

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   What causes antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea? ... both El Sahly and Hamill recommend talking to a health care provider about taking doxycycline prophylactically (doxy-PEP) — meaning, taking the ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

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

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   “[Doxycycline] combats many different bacteria and is our primary treatment for chlamydia, an alternative treatment for syphilis, and has some activity against gonorrhea,” Zucker said.