The Staying Power of Pharyngeal Gonorrhea: Implications for Public Health and Antimicrobial Resistance.

An editorial is presented on the Neisseria gonorrhoeae is one of the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infections is causing million new infections worldwide Topics include the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), representing an increase of over 60% since 2014, the men who have sex with men (MSM) have been disproportionately affected by gonorrhea, and the MSM at CDC surveillance sites were estimated to have experienced increase in gonorrhea incidence from 2010–2018.