Gonorrhea: What it is, symptoms, treatment and more
Commonly known as the "clap," gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility in both women and men if left untreated.
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Commonly known as the "clap," gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that can cause infertility in both women and men if left untreated.
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British disease experts on Thursday suggested doing away with the "incorrect" advice to always finish a course of antibiotics, saying the approach was fuelling the spread of drug resistance.
Jul 27, 2017
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Due to the spread of antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, existing treatments for gonorrhea, the sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium, are no longer effective. In the absence of a vaccine, ...
May 22, 2020
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Humans face the very real risk of a future without antibiotics, a world of plummeting life expectancy where people die from diseases easily treatable today, scientists say.
Jan 19, 2014
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Older GPs are more likely to prescribe antibiotics than their younger colleagues. A more cautious approach will not degrade treatment—and it can help fight antibiotic resistance that could soon kill millions of people annually. ...
Jun 28, 2024
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Scientists may have made a giant leap in fighting the biggest threat to human health by using supercomputing to keep pace with the impressive ability of diseases to evolve.
Nov 2, 2021
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Decades of wars and conflict in Iraq have led to a "catastrophic" rise in antibiotic resistance in the country, with serious implications for the entire region and the world, warn international experts in the open access ...
Feb 13, 2023
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A team of researchers from several institutions in the U.S. has unveiled the evolutionary process that transformed a common type of human gut bacteria into a deadly infectious agent. In their paper published in Science Translational ...
The rise of antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens is an increasingly global threat to public health. In the United States alone antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens kill thousands every year.
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Using inhaled antibiotics to treat lower respiratory tract infections could help reduce antimicrobial resistance, according to researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bath.
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