Doctors have expressed concerns over a new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria discovered in groups of gay men in Seattle and Montreal.
Scientists identified a new strain of Campylobacter coli, an infection that causes abdominal pains and diarrhea. Normally the infection clears on its own, though in severe cases treatment may involve antibiotics. The new cluster of Campylobacter coli appears resistant to antibiotics on a sub-DNA level, the first time any kind of such resistance has ever been documented.
Dr. Alex Greninger, the lead researcher into the matter, along with his colleagues published their findings in the Oxford Academic earlier this week. Their study has linked the new strains of Campylobacter coli to one another on the genetic level. The discovery of the bacteria exclusively in gay men also suggests that the disease is sexually transmitted.
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“Enteric infections can be sexually-transmitted infections,” Greninger said. “The international spread of related isolates among MSM populations has been shown before for Shigella [another bacterial infection, similar to E. coli], so it makes sense to see it in Campylobacter, as well.”
Greninger and his associates caution that gay men are at higher risk for contracting multidrug-resistant intestinal pathogens both because, as a group, they often practice anal sex which exposes them to more intestinal bacteria. Gay men are also at risk, as many have taken antibiotics to cure other sexually-transmitted infections. They caution that an alternative form of treatment for this new strain of Campylobacter coli has not been determined, and that routine tests for STIs generally do not include tests for Campylobacter coli.
QJ201
If it is gastrointestinal distress and diarrhea then you DO NOT get it from anal sex, you get if from rimming. Totally irresponsible statement.
wellinmysoul
butt (sorry) rimming is not an irresponsible act. the more acrid the better…..
any sissy-azz queens on here agree??
GymMan456
Whatever the trouble is, You cant rely on public health. They have not got any great news since they found antibiotics, and that is now soon a century since. Why ? Because cures are such a anti commercial product.
Get informed, and learn to sort out the dis info pages sponsored by the big drug companies.
radiooutmike
You treat infections.
It’s not like when you manage cancer or another terminal illness. Over use of antibiotics has caused drug resistant bacteria. Either your immune system clears out the infection or it does not. There’s no money in extending infections.
People gripe about big pharma and disparage public health. No one makes a fortune on vaccines or antibiotics. Do you want to know what big pharma makes money on? Simply look at TV commercials.
richard 14
Yet another scare campaign from the scientific community? It was bad enough that they linked HIV to the gay identity, now this. I’ve never met bacteria or viruses that chose to infect people based on their sexual identity.
wellinmysoul
it’s dubbed: “PWWO”