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The number of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea cases has already surpassed the total recorded last year

The drug ceftriaxone is the main treatment for gonorrhoea so experts are concerned when infections fail to respond to it.

Antibiotics are widely considered one of the most important advances in the history of medicine. Their introduction into clinical practice during the 1940s marked a major milestone in the control of infectious diseases, and these medicines have since improved human health and prolonged life expectancy.

GPs clear up the confusion

Pharmacists say the current level of demand for antibiotics for minor ailments could pose a risk to patient and wider population safety.

Focus on overuse contributes to antibiotics reaching less than 7% of people with drug-resistant infections in poorer countries, say researchers

Live Science spoke with author Thomas Levenson about his new book on the history of germ theory.

"What are sometimes called superbugs — microbes resistant to every available drug — are not merely the stuff of nightmares. They are taking lives right now."

Researchers now caution that repeated use of antibiotics, especially during early childhood, may come at a cost.