Instead of the standard penicillin treatment, gonorrhea is now treated by a large number of new and very potent antibiotics. Erythromycin 500 mg four times per day, for one week A follow-up visit 7 days after treatment to recheck cultures and confirm the cure of infection is important. The outcome is expected to be good when compliance with therapy is maintained. Call your health care provider if you have symptoms suggestive of disseminated gonococcemia. Discharge of pus from the penis associated with gonorrhea.
Gonorrhea is the most commonly reported infectious disease in the United States.
Some estimates have suggested there are up to 4,000,000 new cases per year. Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that causes infection of the genitals. They frequently lodge in the skin surface, forming a small red infected area. Sometimes a person with severe gonococcemia may have only a few skin lesions.