A new, highly drug-resistant strain of the “flesh-eating” MRSA bacteria is being spread among gay men in San Francisco and Boston, researchers reported on Monday.
In a study published online by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the bacteria seemed to be spread most easily through anal intercourse but also through casual skin-to-skin contact and touching contaminated surfaces.
The authors warned that unless microbiology laboratories were able to identify the strain and doctors prescribed the proper antibiotic therapy, the infection could soon spread among other groups and become a wider threat.
The new strain seems to have “spread rapidly” in gay populations in San Francisco and Boston, the researchers wrote, and “has the potential for rapid, nationwide dissemination” among gay men.
The study was based on a review of medical records from outpatient clinics in San Francisco and Boston and nine medical centers in San Francisco.
The Castro district in San Francisco has the highest number of gay residents in the country, according to the University of California, San Francisco. One in 588 residents is infected with the new multidrug-resistant MRSA strain, the study found. That compares with 1 in 3,800 people in San Francisco, according to statistical analyses based on ZIP codes.
A separate part of the study found that gay men in San Francisco were about 13 times more likely to be infected than other people in the city.
The San Francisco researchers suggested that scrubbing with soap and water might be the most effective way to stop skin-to-skin transmission, particularly after sexual activities.
MRSA, for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, was once spread chiefly in hospitals. But in recent years, a number of healthy people have acquired it outside hospitals.
Nearly 19,000 people died in the United States from MRSA infections in 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported.
The infection can cause unusually severe problems, including abscesses and skin ulcers. The bacteria can invade through the skin to produce necrotizing fasciitis, giving them the popular name of flesh-eating bacteria. They can also cause pneumonia, damage the heart and produce widespread infection through the blood.
Among gay men in the study, MRSA was spread by skin contact, causing abscesses and infection in the buttocks and genital area.
The new strain is closely related to earlier ones. Both are known as MRSA USA300.
The strain is much more difficult to treat because it is resistant not just to methicillin, but also many more of the antibiotics used to treat the earlier strains, said Dr. Henry F. Chambers, an author of the new study.
The new strain contains a plasmid called pUSA03.
“This particular clone is resistant to at least three other drugs, clindamycin, tetracycline and mupirocin,” Dr. Chambers said in a telephone interview.
Of the alternatives recommended by the C.D.C. and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim), clindamycin and a tetracycline, “this strain is resistant to two of those three,” he added. “In addition, the new strain is resistant to mupirocin, which has been advocated for eradicating the strain from carriers.”
It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and obedience to Allâh, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allâh, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masâkîn (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salât, and gives the Zakât, and keep their word whenever they make a promise, and who are patient in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of persecution, hardship, and war. Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious).
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
In a study published online by the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, the bacteria seemed to be spread most easily through anal intercourse but also through casual skin-to-skin contact and touching contaminated surfaces.
Bolded because people seemed to have overlooked that it's not just gay people who are at risk from this flesh-eating virus.
I can't believe I just typed 'flesh-eating virus' in a non-fictional context.
Reminds me hadith once I read about sexual promiscuity and diseases? What was the exact hadith?
It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and obedience to Allâh, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allâh, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masâkîn (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salât, and gives the Zakât, and keep their word whenever they make a promise, and who are patient in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of persecution, hardship, and war. Such are the people of the truth and they are Al-Muttaqûn (the pious).
We also sent Luth: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people creation ever committed before you? For ye practise your lusts on men in preference to women:" ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds". And his people gave no answer but this: they said,"Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure! But we saved him and his family, except his wife, she was of those who lagged behind.And we rained down on them a shower of brimstone: then see what was the end of those who indulged in sin and crime!( Surah Al-A'raf 80-84)...
Allah is angry but he patience who doing homosex and lesbian!
We did indeed offer the Trust to the heavens and the earth an the mountains.But they refused to undertake it,being afraid thereof:but man undertook it; he was indeed unjust and foolish. (With the result) that
God has to punish the hypocrites, men and women,and the unbelievers, men and women: For God is Oft-forgiving, Most merciful....!
The sinfulness of Sodom
When the two angels came to Sodom that evening,Lot(Luth) was sitting at the city gate,as soon as he saw them, he got up and went to meet them,he bowed down before them and said"sir, i am here to serve you. please come to my house. you can wash your feet and stay the night. in the morning you can get up early and go on your way. But they answered,No we will spend the night here in the city square. He kept on urging them, and finally they went to his house. Lot ordered his servants to bake some bread and prepare a fine meal for the guests.when it was ready,they ate it. Before the guests went to bed, the men of sodom surrounded the house. All the men of the city,both young and old. They called out to Lot and asked, Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us" The men of sodom wanted to have sex with them. Lot went outside and closed the door behind him. He said to them, "Friends, I beg you, dont do such a wicked thing!
Look,i have two daughters who are still virgins.Let me bring them out to you, you can do whatever you want with them.But dont do anything to these men.They are the guest of my house,i must protect them.But they said,"Get out of our way you foreigner!who are you to tell us what to do? Out of our way , or we will treat you worse than them.They pushed the Lot back and moved up to break down the door. But the two men inside reached out, put Lot back into house,then they struck all the men outside with blindness so they couldn't find the door.(Genesis 19:1-11)
Lot leaves Sodom
The two men said to Lot, "If you have anyone else here-sons,daughters,son-in-law,or any relatives.Get them out of here,because we are going to destroy this place.The Lord has heard the terrible accusations against these people and has sent us to destroy Sodom.Then Lot went to the men that his daughter going to marry and said: hurry up and get out of here,The Lord is going to destroy this place.But they thought he was joking.At dawn the angels tried to make Lot hurry"Quick" they said Take your wife and daughters and get out, so that you will not lose your lives when the city is destroyed.Lot hesitated.The Lord,however,his wife and daughters by the hand and led them out of the city. The one of the angels said" Run for your lives"!Dont look back and dont stop in the valley.Run up to the hills, so that you wont be killed. But Lot answered" No, dont makes us do that,sir. You have done me a great favour and saved my life. But the hill so far away, The disaster will overtake me and i will die before i get there. Do you see that little town? it is near enough. let me get over there,you can see it is just a small place and i will be safe. He said,i agree.i wont destroyed that town, Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there.Because Lot called it small,the town was name Zoar. (Genesis 19:12-22)
The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
The sun was rising when Lot reached Zoar. Suddenly the Lord rained burning sulphur. Along with all the people there and anything that grew on the land.But Lot wife look back and was turned into a pillar of salt. Early the next morning Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood in presence of the Lord.He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace.But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living,he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.(genesis 19-23-27)
the moral: Dont play with fire, so fear of the lord....the only God ,The one God..how God destroyed the people of Luth A.S. and the city of Sodom.
Islam is against sexual anarchy, homosexuality, bestiality. You coming in here saying " ah more homophobic rhetoric" has as much resonance as you saying " ah more anti polytheistic statements". Yes, we are against homosexuality and yes we will stand by the words of Allah proudly.
These sorts of diseases seem to hit the gay community first, then spread to heterosexuals. I'm not sure why that is the case, although I have my personal opinion on the matter.
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
MRSA is not a gay people problem. It's already a major problem in hospitals (i.e. people going into hospital for an unrelated reason and catch an MRSA infection there).
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so lady boys aka gays, need to realise thins, like obviously religion has forbidden it for a reason,
kay:
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