Untreatable gonorrhea threat is increasing, new data show

[BlunderWoman]

U.S. health officials have identified a cluster of gonorrhea infections that show sharply increased resistance to the last effective treatment available for the country's second most commonly reported infectious disease.


The findings from a cluster of Hawaii cases, presented Wednesday at a conference on prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, represent the first cluster of cases in the United States that have shown such decreased susceptibility to the double-antibiotic combination used when other drugs have failed. If the bacteria continue to develop resistance, that end-of-the-line therapy ultimately will fail, and an estimated 800,000 Americans a year could face untreatable gonorrhea and the serious health problems it causes, health officials said.


more at source:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-untreatable-gonorrhea-20160923-story.html

 

[Ruthanne]

All you singles use your condoms!

 

[IKE]

Speaking of VD, condoms etc.

You don't seem to hear as much now about the AIDS epidemic as you used to.....is the public more educated now and the spread under control or has it just gone to "don't ask don't tell " but still just as bad as it was a few years back ?

 

[Warrigal]

I think HIV is just as prevalent but anti viral drug treatments mean that it rarely progresses to full blown AIDS.

 

[BlunderWoman]

Well at lest that's one less worry in my current situation