By Alex Pahlavi
Public Health England (PHE) reported a highly multidrug resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The strain showed high-level resistance to both drugs recommended for first-line dual therapy—ceftriaxone and azithromycin—and to most other commonly used antibiotics.
This “super-resistant” strain was found in a heterosexual man with one regular female partner in the United Kingdom, who also had sexual contact with a woman in Southeast Asia one month prior to