Azithromycin (Zithromax) is a new-generation macrolide antibiotic

Azithromycin is often used for treating infections related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including those caused by Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Azithromycin obtained FDA approval in November 1991. It has a similar mode of action to erythromycin, namely to bind to the bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit and inhibit protein synthesis.
Wallace and colleagues reported three [...]

Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD)

Chlamydial infections include sexually transmitted diseases of the urethra and cervix that are caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. Less commonly, other bacteria, such as Ureaplasma and mycoplasmas, cause infection of the urethra.

Symptoms include a discharge from the penis or vagina and painful or more frequent urination.
If unnoticed or untreated in women, these infections [...]

Diagnosis and treatment of gonorrhea (gonorrhoea, gonorrhoeae)

Traditional approaches to the diagnosis of gonorrhea have used direct smear or culture. Culture for Neisseria gonorrhoeae is typically performed on media such as chocolate (cooked sheep’s blood) agar, Thayer-Martin, or GC medium incubated in a 5% CO2 [...]

Gonococcal infection in men

In men, urethritis is the most common syndrome (Sherrard and Barlow, 1996). Discharge or dysuria usually appears within 1 week of exposure, although as many as 5-10% of patients never have any signs or symptoms (McNagny et al., 1992). The discharge [...]

Gonorrhea (gonorrhoea) - its origin, symptoms and correct treatment

Gonorrhoea (also gonorrhea) is caused by a lover-ly little bug — pairs of little round bacteria known as cocci. It has been around for a very, very long time and remedies are mentioned in Egyptian papyrii dated from 3500 BCE. In the Old Testament (Leviticus 15), rituals of atonement are detailed for ‘him who has [...]