Increasing rates of azithromycin-resistant gonorrhoeae strains worrisome.

Takeaway

• From 1988 to 2021, the global prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae ( N gonorrhoeae ) resistance to azithromycin was 6% and to erythromycin was 21%.
• Emerging resistance among  N gonorrhoeae  strains to dual azithromycin/ceftriaxone combination therapy (which is aimed to prevent...