UNTREATABLE GONORRHEA SYMPTOMS TRIAL
They also e mphasize that we need new drugs, but currently there are only 3 new candidate drugs in the clinical trial phases. The WHO stressed that gonorrhea rates around the world are going up due to lack of “ condom use, increased urbanization and travel, poor infection detection rates, and inadequate or failed treatment all contribute to this increase.” “To date, three extensively drug-resistant gonococcal strains with high-level resistance to ceftriaxone (‘superbugs’) have also been reported - in France, Japan, and Spain,” the WHO wrote in their report. But the WHO did admit that there have been a few cases that did not respond to treatment at all. īefore you freak out, be clear: This doesn’t mean gonorhea is untreatable. The WHO stated that 97 percent of countries report gonorrhea that resists ciprofloxacin, 81 percent have found cases that resist azithromycin and two-thirds of countries have found strains that resist the last-resort drugs: extended-spectrum cephalosporins such as oral cefixime or injectable ceftriaxone.Īnd this is just the “tip of the iceburg ,” says Wi. Teodora Wi.Ĭurrently gonorrhea-also called “the clap” and “the drip”-is treated with penicillin, but more and more countries are reporting that they have to go down a list of drugs in order to successfully treat people.
Every time we use a new class of antibiotics to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them,” said WHO’s Dr. “The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are particularly smart. Experts clai m that over the years, the bacteria strains have evolved “outsmarting” the current medicine available.
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