Tag Archive for PRO/EDR> Gonococcal disease – USA (05): (HI) ceftriaxone plus azithromycin resistance

PRO/EDR> Gonococcal disease – USA (05): (HI) ceftriaxone plus azithromycin resistance

Gonorrhea -- United StatesA worryingly resilient strain of gonorrhea has infected 7 people in Hawaii, the CDC has confirmed. The 6 men and 1 woman were all ultimately treated by the CDC's recommended combination treatment of ceftriaxone and azithromycin. But the Hawaii State Department of Health said lab tests showed the infections were not destroyed as quickly or as easily as they have done in all previous cases.Health officials fear this means the incredibly common sexually-transmitted disease Read more [...]