ECDC: on Air - Episode 78 - Risk Wire - Otilia Mårdh - When Gonorrhoea Fights Back
Podcast
Gonorrhoea remains treatable, but growing antibiotic resistance is making some infections harder to treat. What happens when the antibiotics we rely on stop working?
In this episode of ECDC: On Air - Risk Wire, Otilia Mårdh, ECDC expert on sexually transmitted infections, explains why drug-resistant gonorrhoea is a growing concern in Europe and what recent evidence of local transmission means.
We look at how gonorrhoea develops resistance to antibiotics, what multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant strains actually mean, and how surveillance helps keep treatment recommendations effective.
