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Gonorrhea Close to Gaining Superbug Status

By Katie DrummondMar 30th 2010 – 6:13PM

(March 30) -- Unless medical experts devise a new way to treat it, gonorrhea -- the world's second most common sexually transmitted infection, after chlamydia -- will soon become a drug-resistant superbug. "This is a very clever bacteria. If this problem isn't addressed, there is a real possibility that gonorrhea will...

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  • 03/30/12 Study to Explore Impact of Antibiotic Use on... Source: Infection Control Today The risk of acquisition of antibiotic resistant-bacteria during or shortly after antibiotic therapy is still unclear and it is often confounded by scarce data on antibiotic usage.

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