The Rise of Antibiotic Resistant Gonorrhea

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Over the past decade, antibiotic resistant bacteria has been on the rise. One particular bacteria has become incredibly prominent in today's society, antibiotic resistant gonorrhea. Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease that is usually cured with a seres of prescription antibiotics. Gonorrhea can often be within the human body with no symptoms, but symptoms can include infertility, pain at the genitals and stinging during urination. However, in the recent years, a mutation has occurred in a single base pairing in the bacteria that causes the antibiotics prescribed for gonorrhea, ceftriaxone and cefixime, to become ineffective. The Center for Disease Control has recently released a study reporting on this new strain of gonorrhea, stating that the cure rate using said antibiotics is decreasing. This Thinglink delves further into the cause of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea as well as the future for this disease.