Gonorrhea 'superbug' spreading; is it headed for U.S.?

[hue]

Source: Chicago Tribune

A new "superbug" strain of gonorrhea, seemingly resistant to all known antibiotics, could be headed for the United States as the sexually transmitted disease continues its global march.

There have been no known cases within the U.S. so far. But more countries, including Britain, Australia and France, are reporting instances of gonorrhea that are impervious to cephalosporin antibiotics -- the drugs normally used to snuff out the most serious cases.

“We certainly are worried about importation of resistance,” Dr. Gail Bolan, director of the STD Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Times on Thursday. "It's time to take these trends seriously."

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-nn-gonorrhea-20120607,0,6822709.story?track=rss

[originalpckelly]

1. Damnit, the standing ovation has arrived.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Always heed Jimmy Dugan's advice...

http://m.

[47of74]

12. And do not tell umpires that they...

....look like male reproductive organs with little hats on. Even if they've been called that before they don't like it.

[awoke_in_2003]

21. And, there is no crying...

In baseball. Even if your manger is Rogers Hornsby and he calls you a talking pile of pigshit

On edit: that was a great movie.

[wordpix]

40. very funny!

[awoke_in_2003]

42. It was a good movie...

I usually see it every couple of months or so.

[HereSince1628]

2. I think they meant to say it is little heading for the US. n/t

[secondwind]

3. K&R for content

[originalpckelly]

4. Very depressing.

Just when you thought it was safe to get back into bed...drug resistant clap.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Don't worry, the Secret Service is on the job

Oh, wait....

[47of74]

6. And you KNOW who will introduce it to this country.

Conservative Republican "pro life" types coming back from "business trips." Especially fat ass blowhards who go to the Dominican Republic with off market Viagra/Cialis/etc...

[RKP5637]

7. K&R !!! n/t

[4th law of robotics]

10. I was going to bet on the cast of Jersey Shore.

[47of74]

11. Toss up between them and some reich wing blowhard

[freshwest]

17. +1

[Iliyah]

15. Probably thats would be a way to come

into the US, but you know they will blame 1. Obama 2. Liberals 3. Gays 4. Sluts 5. Minorities

Because Christian right wingers ARE EFFING PURE

[MrTwister]

33. Damn right. There's no "like" button on this website?

They should get one . . .

[xchrom]

9. Plane travel makes all this bullshit a certainty. Nt

[unkachuck]

13. "...could be headed for the United States..."

....wee-willie said this makes him burn with excitement....thank goodness wee-willie doesn't get out much anymore....I used to warned him about the company he kept....he never listened to me....

[waddirum]

23. fun with smilies for wee-willie

In order to avoid that feeling

you must avoid the

This means that you must forgo sex

and even refrain from traditional ole

Not even will help against the superbugs

From now on its only these activities:

Wee-willy mights as well just

[lunatica]

35. We need panicked town cryers to remind us that sex is very bad

[Gore1FL]

14. Have sex now while it is still safe!

(now accepting PM's!)

[Puzzledtraveller]

24. Heck, it isn't safe now.

[shanti]

30. it hasn't been safe since

the free love 70's! those were the days, huh?!

[Gore1FL]

31. I was preteen for most of that. n/t

[wordpix]

41. yup, I remember them well, sigh

[MNBrewer]

16. Thank goodness, we need need something else to get hysterical about!

[waddirum]

25. At my last dental cleaning...

...the hygienist was pitching the ultraviolet-light oral cancer screening (an extra $40) by emphasizing how HPV can be transmitted via oral sex and even cause oral cancers.

Nothing like an hour-long dose of pain and guilt (oral hygiene guilt and sexual guilt).

But I keep returning every 3 months, paying for the privilege.

[NickB79]

28. Being concerned about antibiotics resistance is a good thing to get hysterical about

Of all the things you WANT to be very, very concerned about, antibiotics resistance in bacteria is right at the top of the list. Before we had effective antibiotics, death from what we now consider treatable diseases was common. An infected tooth, or a bad cut, would be a potentially life-threatening condition. Without antibiotics, organ transplants are out of the question. Antibiotics have made much of what we consider civilized life possible. People don't realize anymore what it was like to live before penicillin was first introduced.

And the worst thing? Many bacteria can spread their resistance to other, unrelated species of bacteria through the sharing of small DNA packets (plasmids) that float independently inside their cells and are freely released into their environments.

[MNBrewer]

44. We have way more to fear from the feeding of antibiotics to farm animals as a standard practice than

from that particular "superbug".

[StateApparatus]

18. Christians have nothing to fear!

Republicans everywhere brace for the battle to prevent any attempt to derail God's just retribution against liberal homo-friendly sinners.

[crim son]

19. LMFAO!

I've known far too many Repug Christians who "sin" in every possible way except, maybe, gay sex, to not find your comment utterly laughable. I hope that's what you intended.

[lunatica]

36. I took it as sarcasm

It's something I would say and I'm seriously sarcastic at times.

[cstanleytech]

20. This news story is really out of date as the superbug strain arrived in

the country in 2010, in fact its running rampant in congress as we speak.

[caseymoz]

22. There's a cure: it's called a rubber.

So far there's not a gonorrhea strain that can burn through a condom.

On a second note, I'm waiting to hear from Repubs who think development of a new antibiotic would encourage immorality. I mean it's not like cervical cancer in women for HPV. This is a pain in a guy's dong we're talking about.

[closeupready]

26. No, rubbers are technically 'prophylactics'; something without a cure HAS no cure.

nt

[caseymoz]

27. Oh, dear. I forgot the sarcasm sign again.

Same results. No disease.

[rayofreason]

29. Don't confuse the Brits!

Some National Front types might erase so hard that their dick falls off.

[meow2u3]

37. DUzy!

[markpkessinger]

32. Doctors need to start being much firmer with patients by refusing to prescribe antibiotics ...

... when they are not indicated.

[revolution breeze]

38. Agreed.

I have seen people prescribed antibiotics when they are suffering from allergies! No antihistamines, Zpack!

[Sgent]

43. True

but its much less of a problem (comparatively) than it used to be.

Also keep in mind that most of these very drug resistant bacteria come from countries such as the former USSR (Tuberculosis), India, etc. where antibiotics are OTC -- often without even needing a consultation with a pharmacist. The exception is MRSA, which is a real issue and is homegrown -- but probably would exist regardless since it originated in hospitals.

[MrTwister]

34. It can be spread by oral sex . . .

Hmmm.

Does that mean kissing?

[revolution breeze]

39. They will find a treatment

as soon as it is rampant among the rich white males in this country. Until then, it is non-issue.

[hrmjustin]

45. I guess we all have to be careful who we sleep with.

[dipsydoodle]

46. Well they do say

that a case of Gonorrhea isn't quite the same as a case of Chardonnay.