First Case Of Super-Resistant Gonorrhea Reported In UK

LONDON (CNN) – Public Health England is investigating the case of a UK man infected with a multidrug-resistant form of gonorrhea. The man attended sexual health services this year and was found to be infected with a form of the bacteria that is completely resistant to the first line of treatment used against it.
First-line treatment for gonorrhea is a combination of two antibiotics (azithromycin and ceftriaxone). This is the first global report of an infection with high-level resistan