Recently, Australia reported two patients who were infected with “super” gonorrhoea and are also believed to have contracted the bug in South East Asia, suggesting that these superbugs may be circulating in this part of the world and thus may become more common in future. This means that antibiotics are used inappropriately or overused, which increases overall rates of resistance.
Multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea is easier to pick up in countries where antibiotics can be easily purchased over the counter and used freely without the advice of a doctor or a way to know if it is the right antibiotic for an infection or if the infection is, in fact, bacterial. The infection can be transmitted via oral, vaginal and anal sex, and even during pregnancy to an unborn foetus. Those with symptoms show unusual discharge from sexual organs and inflammation within them. Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoea that can be symptomless, but can lead to infertility in both men and women if left untreated.
What is super gonorrhea and why is it spreading? This was also Public Health England’s first global report of the infection resisting both of these antibiotics and it has now, justifiably, caused serious concern for clinicians and scientists on a global scale. The patient in question had contracted the bacterium after an unprotected sexual encounter in South East Asia and upon his return, the infection failed to respond to the first choice antibiotic treatments – azithromycin and ceftriaxone. The UK declared its first ever case of “super” resistant gonorrhoea this past March (2018).
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