Because of this, an infected individual can unwittingly transmit it to others during oral, vaginal, or anal sex. Studies have ...

The increase in tetM prevalence in 2020 coincided with the shift away from azithromycin and toward doxycycline for treatment ...

A woman in her 50s died from a rare complication of the bacterial STI this spring, the latest in a recent spike of similar ...

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its 2022 STI surveillance report, it was far from a clean ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotics. The recommended antibiotic for uncomplicated ...

The diagnosis of gonorrhea based on a positive Thayer–Martin culture from either the vaginal or the urethral site (or both), without an accompanying positive result from the cervix, was unusual.

The patient, who arrived at an Anchorage hospital with septic shock and heart failure, was diagnosed with disseminated ...

Gonorrhea is a common -- but easily curable -- sexually transmitted disease (STD). If you have it and aren’t treated, it could lead to a number of serious complications. WebMD explains what you ...

A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a new study finds. This could put the medication, called gepotidacin, on ...

A vaccine targeting gonorrhea will soon be rolled out on the NHS. ... Around 10% of men and nearly half of women who test positive for gonorrhea exhibit no symptoms.