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21. That's what they said about gonorrhea, but....

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 10:24 AM

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https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/multi-drug-resistant-gonorrhoea

..."Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N. gonorrhoeae) appeared soon after the antimicrobial medicines started to be used. This has continued to expand over the past 80 years, affecting medicines such as tetracyclines, macrolides (including azithromycin), sulphonamides and trimethoprim combinations and, more recently, quinolones. In many countries, ciprofloxacin resistance is exceedingly high, azithromycin resistance is increasing and resistance or decreased susceptibility to cefixime and ceftriaxone continue to emerge.

The extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhoea (ceftriaxone) but also including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones and macrolides (including azithromycin) are called gonorrhoea superbugs or super gonorrhoea."... (more)

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