Contents:
- SHIGELLA INFECTN AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
- RISE EXTREMELY DG-RISTANT SHIGELLA GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
- DOCTORS DISVER NEW STRA OF ANTIBTIC-RISTANT BACTERIA GAY MEN
SHIGELLA INFECTN AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men* are among groups at high risk for fectn wh Shigella germs.
” Evince suggts the illns is spreadg among gay and bisexual men particular, apparently through sexual ntact, both the U. In addn to gay and bisexual men, antibtic-ristant Shigella fectns have been on the rise among people experiencg homelsns, ternatnal travelers and people livg wh 232 s reported om 2016 onward about which the CDC has data, 197, or 85%, were men. Meanwhile, sexually transmted gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis have been risg steadily recent years and are particularly prevalent among gay and bisexual men.
RISE EXTREMELY DG-RISTANT SHIGELLA GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
Surveillance by UKHSA has tected a rise s of extremely antibtic-ristant Shigella sonnei fectns, maly gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men (MSM).
It’s important that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men do not dismiss their symptoms and speak to their GP or sexual health clic, mentng Shigella, if they are unwell. Transmissn occurs when fel matter enters another person's body, and while isn't limed to any one populatn, gay men are more likely to experience dg-ristant fectns bee they're more likely to have recieved antibtics for siar fectns the past. Doctors have exprsed ncerns over a new stra of antibtic-ristant bacteria disvered groups of gay men Seattle and Montreal.
The disvery of the bacteria exclively gay men also suggts that the disease is sexually transmted. Grenger and his associat utn that gay men are at higher risk for ntractg multidg-ristant ttal pathogens both bee, as a group, they often practice anal sex which expos them to more ttal bacteria.
DOCTORS DISVER NEW STRA OF ANTIBTIC-RISTANT BACTERIA GAY MEN
Gay men are also at risk, as many have taken antibtics to cure other sexually-transmted fectns.