Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea
The emergence of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea in the United States would make gonorrhea much more difficult to treat.
Gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the antibiotic drugs prescribed to treat it. The emergence of cephalosporin-resistant gonorrhea would significantly complicate our ability to treat gonorrhea successfully, since we have few antibiotic options left that are simple, well-studied, and highly effective. It is critical to continuously monitor antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and encourage research and development of new treatment regimens.
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Updates
- The Growing Threat of Multidrug-Resistant Gonorrhea – CDC Public Health Grand Rounds - View recording of webinar from May 15, 2012 (May 18, 2012)
- Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Profiles 2010 (March 21, 2012)
- Cephalosporin Susceptibility Among Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates --- United States, 2000--2010 - MMWR July 8, 2011 (July 7, 2011)
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