Sentences with phrase «new gonorrhea»
It's important that a new gonorrhea drug attacks the bacteria in a new way, because the bugs haven't yet evolved strategies for defending themselves against these types of attacks.
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WHO is looking at initiatives to develop new gonorrhea drugs, Wi says.
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Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for treating gonorrhea that reflect the sobering reality that this sexually transmitted disease is becoming ever more difficult to treat.
«Proteins discovered in gonorrhea may offer new approach to treatment.»
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel proteins in, or on the surface of the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, which offer a promising new avenue of attack against a venereal disease that is showing increased resistance to the antibiotics used to treat it.
Chlamydia and gonorrhea are also prevalent, and you can request the new urine tests instead of having to undergo an uncomfortable swabbing of your urethra.
This is why CDC guidelines advise that all sexually active women under age 25 be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea annually, as well as women who are 25 or older who are at increased risk of infection — such as those who have a new sex partner, are not monogamous, or have a partner who already has an STD.
Get screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea, specifically, every year if you've got multiple sexual partners or a new partner.
According to new data released by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), 5 percent increase in chlamydia cases and a 1.5 percent increase in gonorrhea cases.
Herpes, genital warts, new strains of gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, hepatitis B and HIV are all on the rise.
Sexually transmitted infection measures included the following: (1) chlamydia, based on positive test at follow - up; (2) new HSV - 2 infections based on positive test at follow - up after a negative test at enrollment; (3) self - report of STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, HSV - 2, genital warts, T vaginalis, and pelvic inflammatory disease) during the follow - up period; and (4) medical chart review for positive chlamydia, gonorrhea, or HSV - 2 tests during the follow - up period.
For example, bacterial STDs like chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis can do a lot of damage when left unchecked, but if caught in their early stages can be blasted away with antibiotics, leaving you good as new.