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   LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- England's chief medical officer has   
   warned that gonorrhoea may become untreatable due to a highly   
   drug-resistant strain of the infection.   
      
   Chief Medical Officer for England Dame Sally Davies sent a   
   letter to all general practitioners and pharmacies urging them   
   to prescribe correct drugs to combat the drug-resistant strain.   
      
   "Gonorrhoea is at risk of becoming an untreatable disease due to   
   the continuing emergence of antimicrobial resistance," Davies   
   wrote in the letter, co-signed by chief pharmaceutical officer   
   Dr. Keith Ridge. "Gonorrhoea has rapidly acquired resistance to   
   new antibiotics, leaving few alternatives to the current   
   recommendations. It is therefore extremely important that   
   suboptimal treatment does not occur."   
      
   Public Health England has detected at least 16 cases of "super-   
   gonorrhoea" -- first discovered in March.   
      
   Gonorrhoea is the second most common sexually transmitted   
   infection in England. Cases increased from 29,419 in 2013 to   
   34,958 in 2014.   
      
   "Investigations are ongoing into a number of cases of anti-   
   microbial resistant gonorrhoea," Dr. Andrew Lee, from Public   
   Health England, said in a statement. "Public Health England will   
   continue to monitor, and act on, the spread of antimicrobial   
   resistance and potential gonorrhoea treatment failures, to make   
   sure they are identified and managed promptly."   
      
   http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2015/12/27/Gonorrhoea-may-become-   
   untreatable-in-England-medical-officer-warns/3631451235549/   
      
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