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| Doctors fear 'super-gonorrhoea' will spread across UK | |
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| There is “huge concern” among doctors that “super-gonorrhoea” is spreading across Britain, according to reports. | There is “huge concern” among doctors that “super-gonorrhoea” is spreading across Britain, according to reports. |
| The highly drug-resistant strain of the sexually transmitted superbug is at risk of becoming untreatable if the only fully effective antibiotic remaining fails, experts said. | The highly drug-resistant strain of the sexually transmitted superbug is at risk of becoming untreatable if the only fully effective antibiotic remaining fails, experts said. |
| There have been efforts to track down the sexual partners of those infected with the disease, which can cause infertility. However, Public Health England (PHE) is thought to have acknowledged that efforts to contain the spread have been of “limited success”. | |
| The alert came after the Chancellor, George Osborne, warned resistance to antibiotics would become “an even greater threat to mankind than cancer” without global action. | The alert came after the Chancellor, George Osborne, warned resistance to antibiotics would become “an even greater threat to mankind than cancer” without global action. |
| PHE said an increase in cases of super-gonorrhoea was a “further sign of the very real threat of antibiotic resistance to our ability to treat infections”. | PHE said an increase in cases of super-gonorrhoea was a “further sign of the very real threat of antibiotic resistance to our ability to treat infections”. |