{"id":18988,"date":"2019-02-07T08:03:18","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=18988"},"modified":"2019-02-07T08:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:03:18","slug":"warning-over-first-case-of-super-gonorrhoea-acquired-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/warning-over-first-case-of-super-gonorrhoea-acquired-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning over first case of &#8216;super-gonorrhoea&#8217; acquired in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><span class=\"lead-asset-image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive lead-asset__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/news\/2018\/03\/29\/TELEMMGLPICT000134370330_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqC9PogZUtSpqAqO-tnweStaONoWI7TL-VyY5XInq8C5s.jpeg?imwidth=1400\" alt=\"The new figures follow concerns that Britain could end up &quot;in the dark ages&quot; if it does not reduce reliance on antibiotics\u00a0\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" \/> <\/span><span class=\"lead-asset-caption\">The disclosures follow concerns that Britain could end up &#8220;in the dark ages&#8221; if it does not reduce reliance on antibiotics\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged\">H<\/span>ealth officials are warning of the first case of super-gonorrhoea which has been found to be acquired in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The case involving a heterosexual woman, follows growing concern about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/03\/29\/super-gonorrhoea-not-sexually-transmitted-infection-becoming\/\">the rise of drug-resistant sexually transmitted diseases across the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year officials warned that a Briton had contracted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/03\/28\/scramble-stop-spread-super-gonorrhoea-british-man-contracts\/\">the \u201cworld\u2019s worst ever\u201d case of super-gonorrhoea<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2019\/01\/09\/warning-first-case-super-gonorrhoea-acquired-uk\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The disclosures follow concerns that Britain could end up &#8220;in the dark ages&#8221; if it does not reduce reliance on antibiotics\u00a0 Health&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}