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2. New antibiotic shows promise for drug-resistant gonorrhea - AOL

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   A new antibiotic is effective against gonorrhea symptoms, ... except for the recommended combined therapy of an injection of the antibiotic ceftriaxone with one dose of azithromycin pills. In ...

3. 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. ... Gentamicin 240 mg IM in a single dose plus azithromycin 2 g (2,000 mg ...

4. 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.

5. 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 ]

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

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   Gonorrhea is the second-most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the U.S. There were nearly 650,000 cases of gonorrhea reported in 2022, ... ceftriaxone and azithromycin, is a “global ...

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. 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]

9. Ceftriaxone - Wikipedia

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   Ceftriaxone, sold under the brand name Rocephin, is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [4] These include middle ear infections, endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonia, bone and joint infections, intra-abdominal infections, skin infections, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and pelvic inflammatory disease. [4]