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S.F. gay community an epicenter for new strain of virulent staph
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 15 Jan 2008 | Sabin Russell

Posted on 01/15/2008 2:04:24 PM PST by docbnj

A new variety of staph bacteria, highly resistant to antibiotics and possibly transmitted by sexual contact, is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles, researchers reported Monday. The study released online by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found the highest concentrations of infection by the drug-resistant bug in and around San Francisco's Castro district and among patients who visit health clinics that treat HIV infections in gay men in San Francisco and Boston.

he study estimated that 1 in 588 residents living within the Castro neighborhood 94114 ZIP code area is infected with that variant, which is resistant to six types of commonly used antibiotics. The risk of contracting this difficult-to-treat bug is 13 times greater for gay men than for the rest of the city's population, researchers found.

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TOPICS: US: California; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: disease; gay; homosexuality; mrsa; staphylococcus
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To: XXUSMCVET

We should arrest this infection for committing a Hate Crime.


41 posted on 01/16/2008 7:17:11 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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