Health professional warn that a drug-resistant strain of sexually-transmitted gonorrhoea is spreading across England and may soon become untreatable; so far it has hit the West Midlands, London and southern England. The disease is historically treated with ceftriaxone and azithromycin, but the latter has become almost useless against the infection. President of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV, Dr. Gwenda Hughes, warns; "if it becomes resistant to [the other one], we would be in a very difficult position." This latest super-disease further highlights the growing threat of resistant diseases following decades of overuse of antibiotics.
Health professional warn that a drug-resistant strain of sexually-transmitted gonorrhoea is spreading across England and may soon become untreatable; so far it has hit the West Midlands, London and southern England. The disease is historically treated with ceftriaxone and azithromycin, but the latter has become almost useless against the infection. President of the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV, Dr. Elizabeth Carlin, warns; "if it becomes resistant to [the other one], we would be in a very difficult position." This latest super-disease further highlights the growing threat of resistant diseases following decades of overuse of antibiotics.