A strain of highly antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea first emerged in China in 2016, and cases of this tough-to-treat infection have tripled there in just five years, Chinese researchers report.
Mar 29, 2024
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Across the European continent, sexually transmitted infections (STI) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae have gone up in recent years, according to data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. New data from ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Oral birth control packages warn that the medication won't prevent STIs. In the case of gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted bacterium that causes the disease can use those hormones to help it resist antibiotic attacks.
Feb 8, 2024
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Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that affects more than 80 million people worldwide every year, has become resistant to almost all known antibiotics. That makes it notoriously difficult to treat, but ...
Oct 31, 2023
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The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that diagnoses of gonorrhea and syphilis have surged in the last year. Shockingly, gonorrhea rates are the highest they have been since records began in 1918.
Jun 9, 2023
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Vaginal sampling should be the initial choice offered to patients undergoing testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and/or trichomoniasis, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in the March/April issue of ...
Apr 19, 2023
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In a study published in The Annals of Family Medicine, researchers conducted a meta-analysis of multiple databases from 1995-2021 to assess the diagnostic sensitivity of commercially available tests that use vaginal swabs ...
Mar 28, 2023
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A new preclinical drug candidate developed by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) shows great promise in eradicating the bacteria causing gonorrhea, according to a new publication.
Aug 23, 2022
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A brief research report documents positive monkeypox virus PCR results found in anal samples taken from asymptomatic MSM (men who have sex with men). These findings suggest that vaccination limited to those with known exposure ...
Aug 15, 2022
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Given that there is no vaccine available against gonorrhea, diagnosing this sexually transmitted infection early, treating it effectively and notifying sexual partners are cornerstones of controlling disease spread. However, ...
Jun 16, 2022
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