Question

Which of the following is treated with cephalosporins because the organism is resistant to penicillin and fluoroquinolones?

A) Mycoplasma hominis
B) Haemophilus ducreyi
C) Neisseria gonorrhoeae
D) Treponema pallidum
E) Gardnerella vaginalis

Answer 1

Neisserua gonorrheae

Cephalosporins are now widely used for the treatment of gonorrhoea, following the development of resistance to fluoroquinolones. In New Zealand the recommended treatment is IM ceftriaxone which is the same advice given by the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).