Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug to Treat Disease

Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease

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"We're basically down to one drug, you know, as the most effective treatment for gonorrhea," Bolan said. Cefixime and ceftriaxone are in the same class of antibiotics. That means it's only a matter of time before ceftriaxon goes, too, she says. "The …
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Macaulay Culkin attends Natalie Portman's wedding amid addiction allegations

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Two-drug combination has potential to fight cocaine addiction: study

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FDA approves Sanofi/Regeneron colon cancer drug

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Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease
Most of the antibiotics that once worked against gonorrhea have stopped working. Now federal health officials say doctors should stop using one of the two remaining drugs. "The big worry is that we potentially could have untreatable gonorrhea in the United States," one expert says. read more … Read News

Gonorrhea Evades Antibiotics, Leaving Only One Drug To Treat Disease
Most of the antibiotics that once worked against gonorrhea have stopped working. Now federal health officials say doctors should stop using one of the two remaining drugs. "The big worry is that we potentially could have untreatable gonorrhea in the United States," one expert says. … Read News