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posted by mrpg on Thursday November 08 2018, @04:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the only-safe-sex-is-no-sex dept.

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A new drug may boost dwindling treatment options for gonorrhea

Gonorrhea is a wily foe. But doctors may soon have another drug to fight the sexually transmitted infection that's become resistant to nearly every antibiotic thrown its way. In clinical trials, a new antibiotic was effective at stopping the bacteria that causes the disease.

A single oral dose of the drug, called zoliflodacin, cured 96 percent of people who had gonorrhea infections in the urinary and genital organs, researchers report in the Nov. 8 New England Journal of Medicine. In comparison, 100 percent of patients given ceftriaxone — the remaining antibiotic that's effective against the disease in the United States — were successfully treated.

Caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, gonorrhea can be passed from an infected person to a sexual partner or from an infected mother to her baby at birth. The consequences of the infection are especially severe for women, who can develop pelvic inflammatory disease and become infertile (SN: 6/10/00, p. 376), and for babies, who can lose their sight. The United States had more than half a million new gonorrhea cases reported in 2017, up about 75 percent from the historical low point in 2009. Worldwide, an estimated 78 million new gonorrhea infections occur each year.

[...] A larger, international clinical trial of the drug is underway.


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @07:50AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 08 2018, @07:50AM (#759313)

    Suddenly, for some reason, our resident loudmouth is silent? Runaway1956! Tell us all about your adventures with VD, or STD, or even just WTF! We cannot wait to hear about your experiences!

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday November 08 2018, @10:37AM (3 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday November 08 2018, @10:37AM (#759329) Homepage Journal

    Dare you to imply that it's not I?

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    • (Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday November 08 2018, @08:10PM (2 children)

      by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Thursday November 08 2018, @08:10PM (#759511)

      Its OK bro I felt left out too. You feeling better?

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday November 09 2018, @02:26AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday November 09 2018, @02:26AM (#759669) Journal

    If any of our resident loudmouths needs an effective gonorrhea treatment, it's aristarchus. I hope he has not contracted today's super-gonorrhea. He may have to resort to the old treatments:

    http://advocatesaz.org/2014/03/03/std-awareness-gonorrhea-women-and-the-pre-antibiotic-era/ [advocatesaz.org]

    Gonorrhea is described by written records dating back hundreds of years B.C. Ancient Greeks treated it with cold baths, massage, “cooling” foods, and vinegar.

    [...] The name gonorrhea itself derives from the ancient Greek words for “seed flow” — gonorrhea was thought to be characterized by the leakage of semen from the penis.

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