Medics in the United Kingdom say that a man contracted what they described as the world’s “worst-ever” case of super-gonorrhoea.
He reportedly had a regular partner in the UK, but caught the disease after an intercourse with a woman in South East Asia.
Public Health England said it is the first case that the infection can’t be cured with first choice antibiotics. The doctors said they are trying to find any other sexual partners of the man, who has not been identified, in an bid to contain the sexually transmitted infection.
The first antibiotic medication, which is made up of a combination of azithromycin and ceftriaxone has failed to work.
“This is the first time a case has displayed such high-level resistance to both of these drugs and to most other commonly used antibiotics.”Dr Gwenda Hughes, from Public Health England, said.
World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centres for Disease Control have agreed that this is a world first. The disease is caused by the bacterium called Neisseria gonorrhoeae and is spread through unprotected vaginal, oral and anal sex.
Hughes added: “We are following up this case to ensure that the infection was effectively treated with other options and the risk of any onward transmission is minimised.”
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And he could Sneak into…
And he could Sneak into Africa (as a “Tourist”), Spread the Disease, and Blame it on “African Men Sleeping with Monkeys”.
If this fellow had caught…
If this fellow had caught this STD in Africa wazungu would up in arms with travel warnings…
Our Mpigs are known to “frolic” whwn in foreign lands.Please be careful when you go to Asia.
If the man got the STD from…
If the man got the STD from the Asian woman, shouldnt the heading be” Woman with the worst gonorrhoea affects a briton man”Or does in get worse when men are affected?
It’s a white man’s world. We…
It’s a white man’s world. We just live in it and considered expendable.