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Fluoroquinolones No Longer Recommended for Treatment of Gonococcal Infections
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http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5614a3.htm
Submitted by krishna 18 months, 5 days, 10 hours ago
n the United States, gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported notifiable disease, with 339,593 cases documented in 2005 (1). Since 1993, fluoroquinolones (i.e., ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, or levofloxacin) have been used frequently in the treatment of gonorrhea because of their high efficacy, ready availability, and convenience as a single-dose, oral therapy. However, prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been increasing and is becoming widespread in the Unite
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#1 - By murali, 18 months, 5 days, 10 hours ago.
thanks for the link
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