Not exact matches
Herpes,
gonorrhoea and syphilis are almost entirely straight
diseases.
Sexually transmitted
diseases have reached epidemic levels as young people have contracted chlamydia,
gonorrhoea and syphilis.
Gonorrhoea could become an untreatable
disease, England's chief medical officer has warned.
In her letter, the chief medical officer said: «
Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable
disease due to the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance.»
Between the limited profits to be made from drugs that cure infections and the previous success of antibiotics against
gonorrhoea there has been little investment in the
disease.
In the mid-1970s, two dangerous bugs almost simultaneously became resistant to penicillin: Haemophilus influenzae, which induces respiratory infections, and Neisseria
gonorrhoeae, the cause of the venereal
disease gonorrhea.
- Female with pelvic inflammatory
disease and possible Chlamydia or
gonorrhoea (we did a gynaecological exam, sent out labs and prescribed anti-biotics, botanical tincture etc)
Female with pelvic inflammatory
disease and possible Chlamydia or
gonorrhoea (we did a gynaecological exam, sent out labs and prescribed anti-biotics, botanical tincture etc)
I had a microbiology professor a few years back, and as a Neisseria
gonorrhoeae researcher, he always had stories to tell about gonorrhea, the
disease caused by the bacteria he studied.
This month's installment will focus on gonorrhea, colloquially known as «the clap,» a common sexually transmitted
disease caused by sneaky bacteria called Neisseria
gonorrhoeae.