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Drug-resistant gonorrhoea has spread across the world, say health officials

Gonorrhoea 'superbug', resistant to almost all antibiotics, has become global threat with cases found in countries including UK


The strain of gonorrhoea discovered in Japan in 2008 is resistant to drugs including cephalosporin antibiotics – normally the last option against the disease. Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhoea have spread to countries across the world, the United Nations health agency says, and millions of patients may run out of treatment options unless doctors catch and treat cases earlier.

Scientists reported last year finding a "superbug" strain of gonorrhoea in Japan in 2008 that was resistant to all recommended antibiotics and warned then that it could transform a once easily treatable infection into a global health threat.

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