Update to CDC's Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010: Oral Cephalosporins No Longer a Recommended Treatment for Gonococcal Infections.

Authors :: Del Rio, Carlos
Hall, Geraldine
Holmes, King
Soge, Olusegun
Hook, Edward W.
Kirkcaldy, Robert D.
Workowski, Kimberly A.
Kidd, Sarah
Weinstock, Hillard S.
Papp, John R.
Trees, David
Peterman, Thomas A.
Bolan, Gail
Source :: MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report; 8/10/2012, Vol. 61 Issue 31, p590-594, 5p, 1 Chart, 1 Graph
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: The article discusses the use of ceftriaxone with either azithromycin or doxycycline in the treatment of gonorrhea, based on the Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The therapeutic regimen was recommended in response to declining cefixime susceptibility among urethral Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from 2006-2011. Treatment for uncomplicated urogenital, anorectal and pharyngeal gonorrhea is also mentioned.

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