gonorrhea

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One of the biggest challenges in treating gonorrhea is antibiotic resistance.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

In one study, each $1 increase in per capita federal STI and HIV prevention funding was associated with a 21% decrease in gonorrhea.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

The most powerful defense combines a shot of ceftriaxone with azithromycin, but some evidence hints that gonorrhea is evolving to sidestep even that treatment.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2023

That could partly explain why one of the doxy-PEP studies in France, where around 60 percent of gonorrhea infections are resistant to antibiotics, found that the treatment had no significant impact on gonorrhea infection rates.

From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 2023

What we call the complement-fixation test, which is a blood test for gonorrhea similar to the Wassermann blood-test for syphilis, must be negative.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.