Still a notable threat, gonorrhoea has been showing increased resistance towards many antibiotics. The new addition in these less effective antibiotics is cephalosporins, a new study suggests. Gonorrhoea is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases found in both men and women around the world. Its spread has been on the rise due to changing lifestyle as well as a rise in unprotected sex in both heterosexual as well as homosexual relations around the globe.
Like many other pathogens and diseases, gonorrhoea too has been evolving and showing increasing resistance towards many antibiotics. A new study by scientists from the USA suggests that Neisseria gonorrhoeae has developed a resistance towards cephalosporins. The scientists gathered samples from 34 sites across the USA which were participating in Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP). The GISP is a sentinel…
