Is gonorrhea becoming untreatable?

• Published in: Future microbiology Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 189 - 201
• Main Authors: Blomquist, Paula Bianca, Miari, Victoria F, Biddulph, Jane P, Charalambous, Bambos M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Future Medicine Ltd 01.02.2014
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Cephalosporin Resistance - genetics; Cephalosporins - therapeutic use; Drug resistance; Drug therapy; Forecasts and trends; Genes; Gonorrhea; Gonorrhea - diagnosis; Gonorrhea - drug therapy; Gonorrhea - epidemiology; Humans; Medical research; Mens health; Microbial drug resistance; Mutation; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - drug effects; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - genetics; Neisseria gonorrhoeae - pathogenicity; Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques; Patient education; Precision medicine; Public health; Risk assessment; Sex education; sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted diseases; sexually transmitted infections; STD; STI; Streptococcus infections; Treatment Failure

An estimated 498 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections occur worldwide annually. Of these, 106 million are gonococcal infections, rendering gonorrhea the second most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection after chlamydia. A decline in susceptibility to extended-spe...