The British man who contracted the first case of “super-gonorrhea” has been cured, but health officials believe there’s a good chance that even more cases will soon be reported, following the confirmation of two new cases in Australia. Similarly, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV President Olwen Williams described the case as a “major wakeup call for everybody,” adding that the man was lucky that there was still one antibiotic that had a chance of curing his gonorrhea. Reports of the unusual, extremely resistant strain of gonorrhea first emerged in March, after a man in the U.K. developed the sexually transmitted infection following intercourse with a woman in Southeast Asia. Although there were no further cases of super-gonorrhea reported in the U.K. apart from the above patient’s case, Public Health England added that two patients from Australia might also have contracted the infection, including one who also had sexual intercourse while in Southeast Asia, and another one who had no recent record of overseas travel. "Investigations have also revealed there has been no further spread of this infection within the UK.”

The man visited sexual health services in early 2018 but attempts to get rid of the STI with the recommended treatment - a combination of antibiotics azithromycin and ceftriaxone - failed. A detailed analysis of his infection suggested one last antibiotic might work and he has since been treated with ertapenem, the BBC said. “We are pleased to report that the case of multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea has been successfully treated,” read a statement from Gwenda Hughes, head of Public Health England’s sexually transmitted infections department. The public health body launched an investigation to track down any further cases - including in his British partner - but says the superbug has not spread in Britain. Discussions between Public Health England, the World Health Organisation and the European Centres for Disease Control agreed this was the most serious case of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea ever detected. Cases in Queensland, Western Australia 'will be challenging'

Two similar cases of multi-drug resistant gonorrhoea have recently been diagnosed in Queensland and Western Australia, Australia's chief medical officer Professor Brendan Murphy said in a statement. Two new cases of super-gonorrhea have recently been reported in Australia, including one who reportedly contracted the antibiotic-resistant disease in Southeast Asia. A ‘super’ version of the STI, caused by the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium, swept across Britain two years ago, striking London, the South East and the Midlands. Symptoms are not always easily identifiable with gonorrhoea but can include a thick green or yellow discharge from sexual organs, and pain when urinating. Women who do not get treatment can develop pelvic inflammatory disease – an infection of the womb and ovaries which can cause infertility.
A British man reported last month to be suffering what doctors called the "worst-ever" super-gonorrhoea is said by Public Health England to have been cured.