Drug-resistant STI cases prompt warning
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A strain of extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae from South-East Asia could still be circulating in the region, scientists suggest.
Last year, three cases of ceftriaxone- and azithromycin-resistant gonorrhoea were identified within a two-month period and all linked to one novel strain.