Gonorrhoea 'could become untreatable'

Post by **cronus** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:50 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35153794

Gonorrhoea 'could become untreatable'

Gonorrhoea could become an untreatable disease, England's chief medical officer has warned.
Dame Sally Davies has written to all GPs and pharmacies to ensure they are prescribing the correct drugs after the rise of "super-gonorrhoea" in Leeds.

Her warning comes after concerns were raised that some patients were not getting both of the antibiotics needed to clear the infection.
Sexual health doctors said gonorrhoea was "rapidly" developing resistance.

A highly drug-resistant strain of gonorrhoea was detected in the north of England in March.

That strain is able to shrug off the antibiotic azithromycin, which is normally used alongside another drug, ceftriaxone.
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."

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Post by **pErvinalia** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:22 am

But can it kill like teh ebolas?

Post by **mistermack** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:44 pm

It may become untreatable, but it's easily avoidable.
Tough shit if you do catch it though.

Post by **Rum** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:29 pm

Part of the impending antibiotic apocalypse I'm sure. Right Scum?

Post by **JimC** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:48 pm

The 4 whores of the apocalypse...

Post by **Rum** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:08 pm

Post by **Svartalf** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:39 pm

JimC wrote:The 4 whores of the apocalypse...

I know the great whore of Babylon, but who are the other three?

Post by **Jason** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:05 am

I don't know, but Lady Liberty has been making the rounds for the past few centuries..

Post by **pErvinalia** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:27 am

JimC wrote:The 4 whores of the apocalypse...

you're on a roll lately with the 4 horses meme.

Post by **mistermack** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 2:45 pm

Post by **Hermit** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 3:07 pm

Post by **Sælir** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:39 pm

Post by **Svartalf** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:11 pm

I don't know about the STD apocalypse but there sure is an outbreak of necromancy around here

Post by **rasetsu** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:11 pm

mistermack wrote:It may become untreatable, but it's easily avoidable.
Tough shit if you do catch it though.

Many men and women have it with no symptoms. If you're not using condoms for birth control, you could be at risk.

The problem is that if they start treating more patients with the second anti-bacterial, the more selection pressure causing the risk of a 'killer strain' evolving going up.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Post by **Sælir** » Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:14 pm

Svartalf wrote:I don't know about the STD apocalypse but there sure is an outbreak of necromancy around here

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