Gonorrhea: Increased prevalence of reduced cefixime susceptibility in 2014

Although gonorrhea susceptibility to the antibiotic cefixime has been improving in recent years, suggesting a halt of a drift towards antibiotic resistance, data for 2014 indicates a worsening of susceptibility, according to a study in the November 3 issue of JAMA. Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease that, if untreated, can cause a number ["]