Drug-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise in Europe, ECDC warns
21 July 2026 by Caroline DAAMEN (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC))An increasing number of European countries have detected gonococcal strains resistant to the antibiotic ceftriaxone, the first-line drug to treat gonorrhoea infection. Alongside growing evidence of the domestic spread of such resistant strains in Europe over the last two years, this poses a...