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Gonorrhea May Soon Become Resistant To All Antibiotics And Untreatable

"Gonorrhea may soon become untreatable.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday that the wily Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria may be developing resistance to the only two antibiotics left that can cure the sexually transmitted disease.

The drugs, azithromycin and ceftriaxone, are used in combination to treat gonorrhea, a strategy experts hope will prolong the period during which these critical drugs will work."

Helen Branswell reports for STAT July 14, 2016.

Source: STAT, 07/15/2016