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Gonorrhea Strain Thwarts 2 Main Drugs, Raising Concerns It's Becoming Untreatable

This is the latest in a long history of gonorrhea developing resistance to antibiotics. It's the first global report of gonorrhea that is resistant to the two main drugs used to treat it.
The bacterium that causes gonorrhea, <em>Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, </em>has become resistant to multiple kinds of antibiotics.

A man in the U.K. has contracted a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to the two main drugs used to treat it, according to British health officials.

This is the latest in a long history of gonorrhea developing resistance to antibiotics – in fact, the World Health Organization doctors are running out of ways to treat it.

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