Gay Men Vulnerable to Drug-resistant Strain of Staph Infection

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Gay Medical News There’s a new strain of Staph infection, known as MRSA USA300 that researchers have recently identified as being multidrug-resistant.

The new bug is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles and I imagine that any area that has high populations of gay men. However, San Francisco seems to be the area where the incidence/risk is highest currently.

The infection frequently appears as an abscess or cellulitis in the buttocks, genitals, or perineum, and male–male sex was a risk factor.

The research reports that the multidrug-resistant USA300 MRSA infection is especially common among men who have sex with men. And that it might be sexually transmitted in this population.

Sources: - Annals of Internal Medicine

- Research: Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone USA300 in Men Who Have Sex with Men

- SFGate: San Francisco’s gay community hit by new form of staph infection

- CTV: Gay men vulnerable to highly infectious bacteria