Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea increases from 2 percent to 28 percent
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 17:49
in Health & Medicine
The prevalence of quinolone-resistant gonorrhea has increased rapidly in Ontario - Canada's most populous province - from a rate of 2% in 2001 to 28% in 2006, found a study published in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg287.pdf. Infections in heterosexual men appear to have contributed to the increased rate of resistance.