super gonorrhea

English

Noun

super gonorrhea (uncountable)

1. A strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to many antibiotics
   • “What's 'Super' about Super Gonorrhea?: A Q&A with WHO's Dr. Teodora Wi”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], WHO, (Can we date this quote?):

     Basically, when we say ‘super gonorrhea’ we mean ‘gonorrhea superbug’. These are extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea with high-level resistance to the current recommended treatment for gonorrhea (ceftriaxone and azithromycin) including resistance to penicillin, sulphonamides, tetracycline, fluoroquinolones, macrolides.

   • Lee, Bruce Y. (2022 June 20) “New Super Gonorrhea Strain Detected, Causes Sexually Transmitted Infection In Austrian Man”, in Forbes‎^[2]: “Speaking of naughty, you don’t catch super gonorrhea just by going to your local hardware store.”

Hypernyms

• superbug