Resistant Strains News Today

Antibiotic resistance, a global threat happens when bacteria evolve to withstand the effects of antibiotics, rendering these medications less effective.

Amid soaring rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, US health authorities on Monday proposed that doctors begin prescribing a common antibiotic as a pill taken after sex, despite concerns over fueling more resistant strains.Though they found the rate of resistant gonorrhea slightly higher in the DoxyPEP group, she said the finding could simply mean the pill is less effective against already resistant strains, rather than causing that resistance.

Antibiotics can be used to successfully treat typhoid, but their effectiveness is threatened by resistant strains.