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Antibiotic-resistant cases of gonorrhea have more than quadrupled in the United States

Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea on the Rise in the United States

HealthDay.com - Jul 15, 2016

CDC statistics for 2013 to 2014 show troubling increase in resistant strains

In a case report published in the June 23 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine

Failure of Dual Antimicrobial Therapy for Gonorrhea Reported

HealthDay.com - Jun 23, 2016

Negative urine specimen, positive pharyngeal swab after treatment with ceftriaxone, azithromycin

Introduction of an increase in alcohol beverage sales tax is associated with a reduction in gonorrhea rates

Increase in Alcohol Tax Linked to Reduction in Gonorrhea Rates

HealthDay.com - Dec 21, 2015

In Maryland, 24 percent reduction in gonorrhea rates after alcohol-specific sales tax increase

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest tracking suggests that although gonorrhea resistance to the antibiotic treatment cefixime declined between 2011 and 2013

CDC: Gonorrhea Showing More Resistance to Cefixime

HealthDay.com - Nov 4, 2015

Other effective treatments remain available, but finding is cause for concern

For patients with sexually transmitted infections

ACOG Urges Expedited Partner Therapy for Some STIs

HealthDay.com - May 22, 2015

Supports its use when patient's partners are unwilling or unable to seek medical care

A considerable number of women reporting extragenital exposures have Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis

STDs Identified in Women With Extragenital Exposures

HealthDay.com - May 1, 2015

Prevalence estimates of 2.4 and 3.7 percent, respectively, for gonorrhea and chlamydia

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