Expectations that hope may be on the horizon, arises from announcement by researchers from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine that they have discovered a new class of antibiotics that is effective against the gonorrhoea bacteria in lab studies, sparking new hope against yet another group of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Reports of increasing cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea have been on the rise in recent times and the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the infection as high priority and public health threat.
Scientists found that closthioamide, in concentrations of 0.125mg/L, was effective against 146 of 149 samples. In addition, they found that the antibiotic was effective against “all of the samples provided by WHO which were known to be resistant to other antibiotics.” These findings mark a new step in the fight against gonorrhea infections; although the antibiotic has yet to be tested on animals and humans.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/new-hope-gonorrhoea-patients-new-antibiotic-emerges/
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