More untreated gonorrhea has consequences beyond annoyances of painful urethritis. Klausner thinks this could mean more pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancies and infertility in women. To the extent that gonorrhea amplifies HIV transmission, this could also mean an increase in HIV incidence in some populations. For now, Klausner echoes the CDC recommendation that all gonorrhea cases should be treated with dual therapy — injectable ceftriaxone plus either azithromycin or doxycycline even if chlamydia is not concomitantly diagnosed.
via Super gonorrhea | Infectious Disease Blogs | Peter Chin-Hong, MD, MAS.
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