Syphilis Comeback Could Wipe Out Control Gains, Make Gonorrhea Resistant

"Dr. David H. Martin, professor and chief of the Section of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, updated reporters and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases on sexually transmitted diseases in the United States on July 22, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Martin, whose presentation was titled “Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Neither Gone nor Forgotten,” revealed significant information about STDs including Chlamydia trachomatis, gonorrhea, syphilis, and a relatively new STD, Mycoplasma genitalium."