New gonorrhea antibiotic could treat resistant infections

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted disease (STD) gonorrhea, has developed resistance to many of the antibiotics that are used to treat it. Most patients with gonorrhea take a drug called ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic, but resistance to that is growing.  Recently, doctors have found two potential antibiotics that could treat… The post New gonorrhea antibiotic could treat resistant infections appeared first on Drug Discovery and Development.

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