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According to a study published in the “Weekly Morbidity and Mortality”, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States the number of cases of gonorrhea infection that is resistant to antibiotics has increased more than four times.
The findings should serve as a warning that “the future of modern methods of treatment may be at risk,” according to a CDC press release.
Currently, combination drug therapy that CDC recommend the use for the treatment of gonorrhea, is effective. However, the researchers report that the number of cases of gonorrhea in the United States, where the strains of reduced sensitivity to azithromycin increased from 0.6% in 2013 to 2.5% in 2014. This suggests that azithromycin “will be the next in a long list of antibiotics to which the bacteria that cause gonorrhea, have become resistant, among them – penicillin, tetracycline and fluoroquinolones», – CDC notes
Gonorrhea is the second. disease prevalence in the United States. more than 350 thousand was registered in 2014. Copied to Medvestnik.ru . infections.
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