A new kind of
gonorrhea that can''t be treated with antibiotic tetracycline has shown up in several East coast cities.
Penicillin is still effective against it and can be used if the patient isn''t allergic. On a disturbing note, during the past 40 years the penicillin dosage needed to combat gonorrhea has increased nearly 100 times as the
bacteria have adapted themselves to the medication in self-defense.
Researchers fear that its only a matter of time until the appearance of a gonorrhea strain resistant to both drugs. Dr. John Zenilman, of the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, says these bacteria
" have an enormous capacity to mutate. Basically they are smarter than we are".
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