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- Title
Update to CDC's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2006: Fluoroquinolones No Longer Recommended for Treatment of Gonococcal Infections.
- Authors
del Rio, C; Hall, G; Hook III, EW; Holmes, KK; Whittington, WLH; Judson, FN; Yee, EL; Harvey, AB; Kramer, KP; Trees, DL; Ballard, R.; Workowski, KA; Newman, LM; Berman, S; Weinstock, HS
- Abstract
This article presents an update to "Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2006," put out by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which explains that fluoroquinolones are no longer recommended to treat gonococcal infections. The article explains that previously, fluoroquinolones were used to treat gonorrhea because they were readily available and they were convenient because they could be taken orally. However, changes in treatment have become necessary because Neisseria gonorrhoeae is becoming more and more resistant to fluoroquinolones.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GONORRHEA treatment; SEXUALLY transmitted disease treatment; SEXUAL health; COMMUNICABLE diseases; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007, Vol 297, Issue 22, p2466
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article