First Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea Cases Detected in North America
The fears of major health organizations have come true: Gonorrhea
that is immune to the last remaining effective oral antibiotic has been
detected in at least nine North American patients, meaning the era of
"incurable" gonorrhea could be close.
In a study released Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a group of scientists led by Vanessa Allen of Public Health Ontario, found that 6.7 percent of patients with gonorrhea at a Toronto clinic still had the disease after a round of cephalosporins, the last effective oral antibiotic used to treat the disease. Of 133 patients who returned for a "test of cure" visit, nine remained gonorrhea-positive. This is the first time cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea has been found in humans in North America. (continue at USNews)
The article/study notes "clinicians now face the emergence of cephalosporin-resistant [gonorrhea] without well-studied, effective backup treatment options." ... nine patients in Canada were cured with the injectable antibiotic known as ceftriaxone, Allen warns that there's been "a parallel increase" in resistance to that antibiotic.
A very good reason to stay celibate before marriage.
No sex, no STD.
Posted by: Mystical Time Traveler | January 08, 2013 at 11:11 PM
We're all at risk, the way we're getting screwed by libs.
Posted by: Skunkfeathers | January 09, 2013 at 04:40 AM
That Does It...
I'm telling my two concubines to stay the hell away from me!!!
reb
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Posted by: Snake Hunter Sez, | January 09, 2013 at 11:29 PM