https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... -who-warnsManica Balasegaram, director of the Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership, said the situation was “grim” and there was a pressing need for new medicines.
The pipeline, however, is very thin, with only three potential new gonorrhoea drugs in development and no guarantee any will prove effective in final-stage trials, he said.
New Untreatable Strain of Gonorrhoea Discovered
New Untreatable Strain of Gonorrhoea Discovered
It may only be three cases, but the WHO is calling this a "very serious situation". The three are cases of gonorrhoea which have proved to be totally untreatable. The WHO adds it is only a matter of time before last-resort gonorrhoea antibiotics will be of no use.