When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its 2022 STI surveillance report, it was far from a clean ...

Chlamydia may lurk unseen in intestines, requiring a new antibiotic approach By Darren Incorvaia Sep 5, 2024 5:00am chlamydia bacteria infections antibiotics ...

The discovery opens the door for further research towards developing new antibiotics against chlamydia, the world's most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease with 130 million cases a year.

If the infection is noticed, it can be easily treated with antibiotics. If this does not happen, the bacteria can cause serious problems, including infertility and cancer.

New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reveals that the number of cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhoea, which are resistant to the antibiotic ceftriaxone, has ...

The bacteria that causes chlamydia, a common sexually transmitted infection, may lurk elsewhere in the body other than just the genitals. Chlamydia trachomatis, the species of bacteria responsible ...

A recently published study revealed significant sex-based disparities in emergency department empiric antibiotic treatment ...

While antibiotic-resistant chlamydia is currently very rare, it's likely to become more common in the future. If researchers know more about how chlamydia membrane fusion works, ...