Antibiotic resistance making it difficult to treat diseases
- Bacteria causing infections such as gonorrhea are becoming particularly resistant
New Delhi, 27 October 2017: As per recent reports, antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhea ‘much harder and sometimes impossible’ to treat. The report cites data from around 77 countries, one of which is India. About 11.4 million in the southeast Asian Region, including India, are infected with the disease every year. The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are becoming particularly resistant. Every time, a new class of antibiotics is used to treat the infection, the bacteria evolve to resist them.
Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection also known as the 'clap' or 'drip'. It is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which grows and multiplies easily in the mucous membranes of the body. It can grow in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract as also in the mouth, throat, and anus.