Latest Health Protection Agency (HPA) surveillance figures indicate that, for the first time in five years, the risk of resistance developing in currently recommended gonorrhoea treatments fell slightly in 2011.
However, experts urge continued vigilance as new diagnoses of gonorrhoea rose 25% in the same year, to nearly 21,000 cases, as reported by the HPA in May 2012. The findings remain a cause of concern as, of the gonorrhoea diagnoses looked at, nearly one third were repeat cases and one third were diagnosed alongside another sexually transmitted infection (STI).
