The Disease DailyMay 16, 2012
Subscribe to Syndicate

You are here

Home

gonorrhea

Feb 9, 2012
Comments
1

Human vs. Microbe: Looming Resistance in Gonorrhea

By Anna Tomasulo
According to The Bay Area Reporter and to preliminary data from the Department of Public Health’s STD Prevention and Control Section, cases of gonorrhea in San Francisco jumped from 1,943 in 2010...
gonorrhea, antibiotic resistance
Oct 12, 2011
Comments
0

Potential for untreatable gonorrhea?

By Anna Tomasulo
This Monday, 10 Oct. 2011, doctors from the United Kingdom reported that gonorrhea has developed an increased resistance to the antibiotic currently used to treat it. The UK Health Protection...
gonorrhea, antibiotic resistance
Jul 13, 2011
Comments
0

Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea Detected

By healthmap
A new gonorrhea “superbug” has hit Japan. This new strain, named H041, is reportedly resistant to all existing antibiotics.  Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, is not fatal but is is...
gonorrhea, antibiotic resistance