Super gonorrhea has reached the UK: doctors warn
Super gonorrhea hit the headlines after a British tourist contracted a case described as ‘the world’s worst in Thailand last year but the infection has now reached Britain.
Two women have contracted the infection, with one believed to have been infected in the UK, according to Pubilc Health England.
Both women have since been cured after the infections were resistant to main therapy, and Public Health England is now investigating if the cases are linked.
The infection is usually treated with the antibiotics ceftriaxone and azithromycin but the bacterium in these two cases was resistant to the drugs.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) warns that cases of extensively drug resistant gonorrhea are on the rise
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