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The future of curing infection is in danger according to the newest report in September 2013 from the CDC. describes an infectious disease landscape in which 2 million people in the United States are sickened annually with antibiotic-resistant infections. The report estimates that at least 23,000 people a year die from antibiotic-resistant infections. For gynos are growing numbers of cases of  drug-resistant gonorrhea,  and a growing percentage of the organisms that cause gonorrhea are resistant to even the last line of medications currently available. Another serious threat is from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and over 80,000 serious MRSA infections each year in the United States. Breast MRSA and genital area MRSA infections are diagnosed relatively commonly in gyno offices. A critical component of controlling these infections is to watch the amount of antibiotic use you consume. About half of all antibiotics given are probably unnecessary. Testi...

Chlamydia tracomatis (CT) is the most common bactterial STD reported to the CDC each eary. We have about 1 million cases reported each year, but probably over 2 million Americans are carriers without knowning they are infected. There are many reasons to be treated, and prevention of the diseases it causes is one of the best. Here is a list of possible disease conditions (or infected areas) that can be caused by CT: an infection of the urethra, would feel like a bladder infection (urethritis) white of the eye infection (conjunctivitis) lining infection of the uterus (endometritis) uterine tubal infection (salpingitis)  cervix infection (cervicitis) inflamation of the rectum, the last 6 inches of the lower colon, or the anus (proctitis) infection of the surface or surrounding area of the liver (perihepatitis) arthritis if it infects a joint, or if it progresses to a whole system wide disease it is called Reiter's syndrome Mou...

No clapping for the clap. It may get the best of us. The CDC has checked the gonorrhea being passed around for the past ten years by testing men in over 30 cities around the country. Over the past few decades standard treatments have all followed these paths including the antibiotics sulfonamides, penicillin, and tetracycline. In 2007, the CDC stopped recommending any fluoroquinolone regimens and now cephalosporins have been the last treatment known to be really effective. So we now give cefixime or ceftriaxone along with azithromycin. And the important thing to remember, you cannot always be tested by cultures. Most labs do DNA tests, which tests for the organisms presence. If you have a treatment that has failed your gyno may want to try to find a lab that will indeed do a gonorrhea culture test, which can test for the organism, and test for how sensitive the organism is to the medicine you were given for your treatment. Cures now may have to be evaluated by a follow up check up to...