title: CDC Grand Rounds: the growing threat of multidrug-resistant gonorrhea.
abstract: Although gonorrhea has afflicted humans for centuries, and the causative bacterium, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, was identified more than a century ago, gonorrhea remains a public health problem in the United States. Gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported notifiable infection in the United States; >300,000 cases were reported in 2011. In the United States, health inequities persist; the incidence of reported gonorrhea among blacks is 17 times the rate among whites, likely because of structural socioeconomic factors.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000187:drug effects*; D011634:Public Health; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001741:Black or African American
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents