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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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Another killer courtesy of the "gay lifestyle."
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:04:26 PM PST
by
docbnj
To: docbnj
by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine No, not gonna do it.
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:06:07 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: docbnj
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:06:13 PM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:07:13 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: docbnj
Another killer courtesy of the "gay lifestyle."
I think you mean "deathstyle."
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:08:04 PM PST
by
Antoninus
("Make all the promises you have to." --Mitt Romney)
To: docbnj
... maybe some ones trying to tell them something ...
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:08:23 PM PST
by
clamper1797
(Fred Thompson - Duncan Hunter for POTUS and Vice Potus in either order)
To: docbnj
I say, just let it play its course out!
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:08:35 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: docbnj
Annals of Internal Medicine
You're kidding, right?
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:09:23 PM PST
by
texas_mrs
To: docbnj
Keep exportin’ them fine SanFran values, Madame Speaker...
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:11:08 PM PST
by
kromike
To: docbnj
Oh good. Now we can throw even more money their way. Why is it no longer a privacy issue every time they pick up some new venereal disease?
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:12:34 PM PST
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: texas_mrs
The Annals of Internal Medicine is one of the most prestigious medical journals.
It deals with the innards.
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:14:05 PM PST
by
docbnj
To: docbnj
What’s scary, though, is that one doctor said if this germ gets out into the general population, there will be no stopping it.
Guess it’s time to buy that hazmat suit for wearing whenever I leave home.
To: docbnj
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:16:03 PM PST
by
tired1
(responsibility without authority is slavery!)
To: docbnj
The Homosexual community should demand that Bush take immediate action.
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:16:08 PM PST
by
dashing doofus
(Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
To: Izzy Dunne
LOL!!
I was JUST going to say
. . . Annals. Heh.
You SO beat me to it.
To: docbnj
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:16:55 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Hillary Clinton: Cankles, Cackle, and Cuckold.)
To: docbnj
Can’t we just quarantine these blighted, degenerate creatures until they vanish by attrition? Or must we spend still more money to cure this new scourge they bring to humanity?
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:19:46 PM PST
by
isrul
To: docbnj
Another reason why the gay life should disqualify from military service.
Don’t trust Romney and his pledge to do away with “don’t ask; don’t tell.”
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:20:38 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
To: docbnj
San Francisco........the city of clean air and water.......and polluted bodies and minds......
To: clamper1797
The words “Reap” and “Sow” come to mind
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posted on
01/15/2008 2:22:32 PM PST
by
Halgr
(Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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