Wednesday 28 September 2022

Scientists sound alarm over little-known STI in US resistant to EVERY antibiotic used against it 

Scientists sound alarm over little-known STI in US resistant to EVERY antibiotic used against it A ‘silent-spreader’ STI which can cause infertility is feared to be evolving into a superbug.

Mycoplasma genitalium, also known as M. genitalium or M. gen, has become resistant to every antibiotic used to treat it so far.

The sexually transmitted infection was first discovered in London in the 1980s — but a test has only been available in the US since 2019. It means scientists are unsure exactly how widespread it is. The Daily Mail 

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