An Alaska woman has died from a severe complication of gonorrhea that is rare but has increased in frequency in the state, health officials reported. The woman, in her 50s, had disseminated gonococcal ...

Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotics. The recommended antibiotic for uncomplicated gonorrhea in adults is ceftriaxone given as a single injection. In people with complications of gonorrhea or a known ...

A new gonorrhea treatment, based on an anti-cancer therapy developed by a Buffalo startup company, has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection in female mice and prevented reinfection, according ...

Alaska has long had the distinction of having the nation’s highest or nearly highest rates of gonorrhea. Now there is another troublesome trend among those who contract the sexually transmitted ...

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Data show that most gonorrhea fits into broad patterns. In men there is urethral dis-charge and variable dysuria, but in women, one third will have no symptoms. In heterosexuals one third of patients ...

Up until now, people concerned that they might have chlamydia or gonorrhea would have to get tested at a doctor’s office. Users of the new test won’t need a prescription and can activate it online.

August 10, 2012 — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends oral cephalosporin treatment for gonococcal infections, according to their updated guidelines, reported ...

A sign for the emergency department at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. State health officials say a woman who died from an untreated gonorrhea infection showed up at a local emergency ...

Patients infected with Neisseria gonorrhoea present with intense inflammation resulting in urethral or cervical pus discharge, but the specific immune response to the bacteria is weak and does not ...