Gonorrhoea News
A man in the United Kingdom has been infected with the worst-ever case of gonorrhoea in the world.
The global health body said every year, an estimated 35.2 million people were infected by the disease in the WHO's Western Pacific Region and 11.4 million in the South-East Asian Region, which includes India.
At least three people worldwide are infected with totally untreatable “superbug” strains of gonorrhoea which they are likely to be spreading to others through sex, the World Health Organization said.
People will be well aware that CO is a toxic molecule but that is at high concentrations. Here we are using very low concentrations which we know the bacteria are sensitive to.
According to Public Health England (PHE), cases of an antibiotic resistant sexually transmitted infection have been detected in London and if these current cases become resistant to all forms of antibiotics, then there is no new drug available that can treat it and the infection could possibly become untreatable.
All cases to date have been transmitted through heterosexual intercourse.
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