Gonorrhea

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Despite a recent decline in total cases, gonorrhea is on the rise in the adolescent population, particularly in black teenagers. Increases in sexual activity, drug abuse, and gonococcal resistance to antibiotics have contributed to the changing epidemiology of the disease. Dr Hawley explains how prevention and detection of gonorrhea can be improved and describes new, single-dose treatment with oral antibiotics.

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H. Bradford Hawley

H. Bradford Hawley, MD Dr Hawley is professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology, and chief, division of infectious disease, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio. He is also medical director, sexually transmitted diseases, Combined Health District of Montgomery County, Dayton.