Resistant form of gonorrhea gains foothold -

Boston Globe.com ^ | March 10, 2004 | Stephen Smith

[UnklGene]

A dangerous form of gonorrhea that can't be treated with standard antibiotics has swiftly established a foothold in Massachusetts, highlighting a resurgence of sexually transmitted illnesses across New England, disease trackers report.

The new germ was first detected in the state in 2002. By last year, one of every seven gonorrhea patients tested positive for the bacteria, which cannot be treated with the cheapest antibiotic pills. Maine reported its first case in January.

[Petronski]

I don't think 'feet' are the issue.

[TASMANIANRED]

Notice the report does not include any demographics but the inclusion of concerns about HIV tell it all.

New super gonorrhea brought to you courtesy of gay men.

[ECM]

"We're burning through antibiotics," Klausner said. "What happens when we burn through them all?"

Here's a tip: stop precsribing them for the freakin' sniffles you idiot(s)!

[TASMANIANRED]

Notice the report does not include any demographics but the inclusion of concerns about HIV tell it all.

New super gonorrhea brought to you courtesy of gay men.

[UnklGene]

Resistant form of gonorrhea gains foothold -

Can you hear the sound of one hand "clapping"?

[Argh]

Heads up. Pardon the expression.

[VRWCmember]

Have they named this new strain? Maybe we can help them out with some suggestions:
The Kerry Strain
The Kennedy Strain
The Massachussetts Liberal Strain
The Clinton-Kennedy Strain

[BikePacker]

Bathhouses and drugs linked with rectal gonorrhea in San Francisco

[hoosierboy]

In massachussets huh? Someone should warn barney fwank.

[HostileTerritory]

Did you see the cities listed? Philadelphia and Dallas aren't known as centers of gay life. NY and SF aren't even listed. Homosexual epidemics tend to go through those cities for obvious reasons.

African-Americans are disproportionately represented among new HIV infections, actually. I'd guess it's more of a link that way. Not that STDs discriminate by race.

[HostileTerritory]

Watch it. Clinton has NO ties to this state.

[VRWCmember]

Watch it. Clinton has NO ties to this state.

Both clintons have deep ideological and moral ties to the state. bj clinton practically considers himself a reincarnation of jf kennedy. That is why I recommended the clinton-kennedy strain as they are three peas in a pod.

[WL-law]

I don't think you're correct. As another poster pointed out, the press omits mentioning the real cause of outbreaks like these -- gay men.

Here's some references to Dr. Boswell, cited in the article.

New Coalition Advocates for LGBT Health by Sarah Albert Representatives from over 45 national, state and local organizations met in Washington, D.C. on October 14 to identify new ways to collaborate on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health. The result is the new National Coalition for LGBT Health, a group committed to the LGBT inclusion in public health and research efforts. . .

"As a result of the creation of this coalition, we now have an amazing opportunity to move forward together on a comprehensive health agenda for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community," said Fenway executive director and Coalition organizing committee member Stephen L. Boswell, M.D.

[HostileTerritory]

Both clintons have deep ideological and moral ties to the state.

Blah blah what a pile of crap. Look, Massachusetts has plenty to apologize for to the rest of the country, but lots of states voted for Clinton and we don't get any special recognition. Clinton came within a few hundred thousand votes of Dole in your own state, in fact.

[HostileTerritory]

Good catch--you're probably right based on this guy's links.

I still have a problem with "if the press doesn't report it, it must be about homosexuals" because Lord knows the press won't go out of its way to link STDs to ANY particular group that might raise a fuss.

[Lokibob]

"Resistant form of gonorrhea gains foothold "

 

Doctor treats Gonorrhea of the toe!

 

In other news, woman treated for Athletes Foot  in a strange place, also.

[WL-law]

Here's another:

Resistant-Bacteria Reports Cause Alarm

Five cases are seen in Boston patients

March 2, 2003
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff

Five men in Boston have been infected with a powerful, drug-resistant bacteria, strikingly similar to larger outbreaks in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Beginning last fall, doctors at the Fenway Community Health Center started seeing patients with pneumonia, sinus infections, and skin conditions caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- a germ normally caught only in hospitals by patients already seriously ill from other diseases.. .

''It's of great concern,'' said Dr. Scott Fridkin, a medical epidemiologist at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ''The reports are becoming more frequent, and it appears to be a growing problem.''

Fenway physicians alerted the CDC about the cluster of cases, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has begun an investigation, hoping to establish whether the cases are linked and, if so, to identify a common source of infection. The men are all HIV-positive, but neither physicians providing treatment nor disease investigators can say with certainty that the patients' HIV status had anything to do with the bacterial infection..

''There's no clear, obvious link that we can pick up with this,'' said Dr. Stephen L. Boswell, executive director of the Fenway center. ''It could take months before we know what's going on here.''..

On the West Coast, outbreaks of similar staph infections have stricken hundreds of patients, with 928 reported in Los Angeles County jails during 2002. And earlier this year, public health agencies in LA and San Francisco both reported clusters of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in those cities' gay communities.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Resistant form of gonorrhea gains foothold -

Strange...
At first glance, I thought it read "Restaurant form of gonorrhea..."
Gotta use my glasses.

[Servant of the 9]

Resistant form of gonorrhea gains foothold

How do you tell if your feet "have it'?

So9