gonorrhea

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Gonorrhea cases have increased 118 percent since a historical low in 2009, according to the C.D.C.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Gonorrhea and syphilis cases increased to record highs for the seventh straight year in 2020.

From Washington Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Gonorrhea has quickly developed resistance to all but one class of antibiotics; half of all infections are resistant to at least one antibiotic.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019

Gonorrhea samples taken last spring from seven patients in Honolulu showed resistance to azithromycin at dramatically higher levels than typically seen in the United States, the U.S.

From US News • Sep. 21, 2016

Gonorrhea is frankly treated under the name Shawdepisse, evidently an English alliteration of the corresponding French word.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph