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Article: New recommendations out for gonorrhea treatment.
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- Contraceptive Technology Update
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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New recommendations out for gonorrhea treatment
Update your practice when it comes to treatment of gonorrhea: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommends the fluoroquinolone antibiotics ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin as a treatment for gonorrhea in the United States.1
The change comes on the heels of the release of the agency's updated Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines.2
What led to the revision? Publication of just-released data indicates that fluoroquinolone- resistant gonorrhea is now widespread in the United States among heterosexuals and men who have sex with men (MSM).1 According ...