Hope on the horizon for increasingly drug-resistant gonorrhea

According to the CDC, there are more than 1.1 million new gonorrhea infections each year, and the annual incidence continues to rise. Future directions In the 2013 and 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, the CDC classified drug-resistant N. gonorrhoeae as an urgent threat that requires urgent...

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Published in:Infectious Disease News 2020-12, Vol.33 (12), p.11-11
Main Authors: Cooper, Maggie, Shihadeh, Kati
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
COVID-19
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Drug dosages
Drug resistance
Gonorrhea
Infections
Infectious diseases
Meningitis
Pharmacy
Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Threats
Vaccines
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Summary:According to the CDC, there are more than 1.1 million new gonorrhea infections each year, and the annual incidence continues to rise. Future directions In the 2013 and 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report, the CDC classified drug-resistant N. gonorrhoeae as an urgent threat that requires urgent and aggressive action. Sexually transmitted disease surveillance 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/std/stats18/STD Surveillance2018-full-report.pdf.
ISSN:1056-9251