MarketWatch (press release) The increase in resistance to cefixime , an oral drug, has resulted in its removal as a recommended treatment by the CDC in the U.S., leaving ceftriaxone injection as the sole remaining treatment recommendation. Worldwide surveillance shows that ... and more »
eMaxHealth Until now, healthcare providers have had only two antibiotics to treat gonorrhea: oral cefixime and injectable ceftriaxone. However, as the bacteria have continued to mutate, they have become increasingly resistant to these treatments. New gonorrhea ... and more »
U.S. News & World Report Ceftriaxone is in the same class of antibiotics as cefixime , a pill that has lost effectiveness against the sexually transmitted disease. Earl...
Great Falls Tribune Previously, in 2007, the CDC advised practitioners to prescribe only one class of antibiotics, cephalosporins, which includes the oral antibiotic cefixime and the injectable ceftriaxone. However, the CDC has since recommended that cefixime not be ... and more »
Family Practice News Digital Network This recommendation came about because of an increasing U.S. incidence of gonococcal infections by strains resistant to cefixime (Suprax), the prior mainstay of treatment. The need to move from cefixime to ceftriaxone also concerned the CDC. The agency ... and more »
