In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, is joined by Robin Patel, M.D., co-director of the Clinical Bacteriology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic and director of the Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, for a discussion on the rising cases and reports of group A streptococcus and antibiotic resistant gonorrhea across the United States.

Specific topics of discussion include: 

• The definition, signs, and symptoms of group A streptococcus and antibiotic resistant gonorrhea.
• What’s likely behind recent increases in cases and reports of both conditions.
• How Mayo Clinic tests for and treats group A streptococcus and gonorrhea.

Podcast episode

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