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Posted on Jul 11, 2011

Beware Of New Super Gonorrhea

A new strain of Gonorrhea was discovered in Japan that is resistant to all known treatments. This new strain could mark Gonorrhea's change from a very treatable STD to a global health threat. Below are some scary quotes and a video from ABC.

by Todd Van Luling

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Lead Researcher Magnus Unemo
"Since antibiotics became the standard treatment for gonorrhea in the 1940s, this bacterium has shown a remarkable capacity to develop resistance mechanisms to all drugs introduced to control it."
"While it is still too early to assess if this new strain has become widespread, the history of newly emergent resistance in the bacterium suggests that it may spread rapidly unless new drugs and effective treatment programs are developed"
Dr. William Schaffner
"This report points out that antibiotic resistance is occurring not only in hospitals, but out in the community"

Beware Of New Super Gonorrhea

Lead Researcher Magnus Unemo

"Since antibiotics became the standard treatment for gonorrhea in the 1940s, this bacterium has shown a remarkable capacity to develop resistance mechanisms to all drugs introduced to control it."

"While it is still too early to assess if this new strain has become widespread, the history of newly emergent resistance in the bacterium suggests that it may spread rapidly unless new drugs and effective treatment programs are developed"

Dr. William Schaffner

"This report points out that antibiotic resistance is occurring not only in hospitals, but out in the community"

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