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New Strain of MRSA Spreads Among Gay Men
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A new, highly drug-resistant strain of MRSA, or methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, has moved outside hospitals and is now spreading
among gay men, researchers reported Monday.
Some of the hardest hit areas are San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los
Angeles, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
Click here to read the San Francisco Chronicle story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/MNI5UE0L8.DTL
In regards to San Francisco, the study found sexually active gay men are 13
times more likely to be infected than the general population.
"We probably had it here first, and now it is spreading elsewhere," said
Binh An Diep, a researcher at San Francisco General Hospital and lead author
of the report, in a news release. "This is a national problem, and San
Francisco is at the epicenter."
Although researchers have stopped short of declaring this form of staph a
sexually transmitted disease, the infections are found where skin-to-skin
contact occurs during sexual activity.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MRSA is
responsible for about 19,000 deaths annually in America - most of which
occur in the hospital.
The findings appear online in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
New Strain of MRSA Spreads Among Gay Men
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
A new, highly drug-resistant strain of MRSA, or methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus, has moved outside hospitals and is now spreading
among gay men, researchers reported Monday.
Some of the hardest hit areas are San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los
Angeles, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
Click here to read the San Francisco Chronicle story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/MNI5UE0L8.DTL
In regards to San Francisco, the study found sexually active gay men are 13
times more likely to be infected than the general population.
"We probably had it here first, and now it is spreading elsewhere," said
Binh An Diep, a researcher at San Francisco General Hospital and lead author
of the report, in a news release. "This is a national problem, and San
Francisco is at the epicenter."
Although researchers have stopped short of declaring this form of staph a
sexually transmitted disease, the infections are found where skin-to-skin
contact occurs during sexual activity.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MRSA is
responsible for about 19,000 deaths annually in America - most of which
occur in the hospital.
The findings appear online in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.