Recent data indicate an increasing resistance to ciprofloxacin in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, especially among men who have sex with men.See Also Syphilis testing rates increased among adolescents … Chlamydia screening increased from 2000-2006, decreased … Dual prevalence of malaria, STIs observed in sub-Saharan …“As treatment failures for oral cephalosporins are documented in Asia, and strains with reduced susceptibility to cephalosporins have begun to appear in the West, including the United States, the origins and causes of increased drug resistance in N. gonorrhoeae need to be understood in order to improve control measures for emerging resistant strains and thereby maintain the utility of the few existing antimicrobial drug options for treatment of gonorrhea,” the researchers wrote.
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