LA County Gay Men Warned About Shigella Outbreak That Has Already Claimed One Life - Towleroad Gay News

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• SHIGELLA INFECTN AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• RISE EXTREMELY DG-RISTANT SHIGELLA GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• SHIGELLA: WARNG OVER RISE ‘EXTREMELY DG-RISTANT’ STI GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN
• SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN
• SHIGELLA GAY MEN GROWG MORE ANTIBTIC RISTANT
• DG-RISTANT SHIGELLA ON THE RISE GAY MEN
• SHIGELLOSIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: A QUALATIVE ASSSMENT TO EXAME KNOWLEDGE, ATTUS, AND PRACTIC
• LA COUNTY GAY MEN WARNED ABOUT SHIGELLA OUTBREAK THAT HAS ALREADY CLAIMED ONE LIFE
• SHIGELLOSIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: A QUALATIVE ASSSMENT TO EXAME KNOWLEDGE, ATTUS, AND PRACTIC : SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS

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. 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. Sign up for our ee Health Check email to receive exclive analysis on the week healthGet our ee Health Check emailHealth officials have issued a warng over an “extremely antibtic-ristant” fectn maly affectg gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh UK Health Secury Agency (UKHSA) said there has been an crease s of Shigella sonnei, which is highly 47 s were reported the four-month perd between September 2021 and January 2022, pared wh jt 16 s the prev 17 months (April 2020 to Augt 2021) anisatn said has been followg the stra, which n be mistaken for food poisong, sce 2018 “but recent s show ristance to antibtics is creasg”.

It’s important that gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men do not dismiss their symptomsDr Gri Godbole, UKHSADr Gri Godbole, nsultant medil microblogist at UKHSA, said: “Practisg good hygiene after sex is really important to keep you and your partners safe.

RISE EXTREMELY DG-RISTANT SHIGELLA GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

“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.

” 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.

SHIGELLA: WARNG OVER RISE ‘EXTREMELY DG-RISTANT’ STI GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

The s are lked to seven natnal and ternatnal distct microblogil clters, wh chas of transmissn largely, but not exclively, among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men (gbMSM). Remendatn on aspects of management of shigellosis Ireland the ntext of current antimicrobial ristant Shigella speci associated wh gay, bisexual and men who have sex wh men (gbMSM). Nearly a quarter of Shigella isolat tted New York Cy showed creased sceptibily or ristance to remend antibtics, and most of those fectns were among gay men, rearchers reported today Emergg Infect the study, vtigators om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn (CDC) and the New York Cy Department of Health and Mental Hygiene performed sceptibily ttg on 978 Shigella isolat submted to New York public health laboratori om March 2013 through May 2015; 295 of those isolat were lked to an outbreak and analyzed separately, and 683 were fed as the patients wh sporadic fectns, 129 (19%) were fected wh isolat showg creased sceptibily to azhromyc (DSA), while 29 (4%) were fected wh ciprofloxac-ristant isolat and 5 isolat displayed both characteristics.

Of even greater ncern, a recent study om the CDC tailed evince of risg ristance to azhromyc and ciprofloxac shigellosis outbreaks among gay men. "The troductn of this MSM-associated S flexneri 3a leage to Taiwan 2015 illtrat that the pathogen n spread rapidly across ntents, possibly through tensified sexual works among MSM, " the thors also:Jan 10 Emerg Infect Dis dispatchJan 10 Emerg Infect Dis letterAug 11 CIDRAP News story "Dg-ristant Shigella on the rise gay men". A new study Emergg Infect Diseas and a report the Center for Disease Control and Preventn's (CDC's) Morbidy and Mortaly Weekly Report (MMWR) tail evince of risg antibtic ristant shigellosis outbreaks among gay different antibtics have shown creasg ristance to Shigella, the third most mon enteric bacterial pathogen the Uned Stat.

SPREAD OF MULTIDG-RISTANT SHIGELLA EU/EEA AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WH MEN

Gay, bi, and other men who have sex wh men are more at risk of sexually transmted Shigella.

If you intify as a gay, bi or any other man who has sex wh men, then you n get tted at LGBT Foundatn through our full sexual health screeng clic partnership wh The Northern.

SHIGELLA GAY MEN GROWG MORE ANTIBTIC RISTANT

Gay or bisexual men and other men who have sex wh men* are more likely to get Shigella fectn (shigellosis) than other adults. Many shigellosis outbreaks among gay and bisexual men have been reported worldwi.

5-12 For more rmatn, see Shigella Infectn Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex wh Men (MSM). Shigella sonnei outbreak among homosexual men, London. Evener, MPH, ‡ Kathleen Jabson, MPH, ‡ Anna Bowen, MD, § Rachel Kachur, MPH, ¶ and Amanda Garcia-Williams, PhD∗A qualative study among gay and bisexual men examg shigellosis-related knowledge, attus, and practic revealed low knowledge levels, limed ncern about shigellosis, and mixed tentn to engage preventn behavrs.

Ltle is known about shigellosis-related knowledge, attus, and practic among gay, bisexual, and other MSM.

DG-RISTANT SHIGELLA ON THE RISE GAY MEN

MethodsSix foc groups were nducted among self-intified gay or bisexual men Atlanta, GA, Fall 2017.

SHIGELLOSIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: A QUALATIVE ASSSMENT TO EXAME KNOWLEDGE, ATTUS, AND PRACTIC

Participants did not perceive shigellosis to be a ser health ncern, pecially when pared wh HIV; however, they did perceive gay and bisexual men to be at risk of Shigella fectn. ConclnsHealth munitn and tn efforts uld be ed to crease knowledge about shigellosis and shift perceptns about the severy of shigellosis among gay, bisexual, and other MSM. Addnal work is need to intify effective ways to promote shigellosis-related preventn behavrs among gay, bisexual, and other MSM.

8, 10 For this study, we sought to better unrstand shigellosis-related knowledge, attus, and practic (KAPs) among gay and bisexual men, and intify opportuni for health munitn and tn efforts. Participants were eligible for the study if they (1) were 18 years or olr, (2) were cisgenr male, (3) self-intified as gay or bisexual, (4) reported havg sex wh another man the past 3 months, and (5) were able to speak and unrstand English. The term MSM will not be ed to refer to participants this study as all participants this study self-intified as gay or group participants were reced g 2 strategi.

LA COUNTY GAY MEN WARNED ABOUT SHIGELLA OUTBREAK THAT HAS ALREADY CLAIMED ONE LIFE

First, Geia State Universy (GSU) team members partnered wh lol anizatns and health re provirs servg gay and bisexual men the greater Atlanta area to distribute an rmatnal flyer scribg the foc groups. Prevalence of shigellosis among gay and bisexual men and among people livg wh HIV, level of health re provir knowledge durg diagnosis and treatment, and signs and symptoms of 3Qutns Participants Had After Beg Prented Wh General Shigellosis InformatnAttusParticipants across all foc groups did not perceive shigellosis to be a signifint health ncern (Table ​3) bee is treatable, has mor symptoms, and often rolv on s own. ” When asked about perceived risk of shigellosis, several participants felt that eher they or gay and bisexual men general were at risk of shigellosis bee of sex-related risk factors for shigellosis, “I uld see beg a very prevalent issue the gay muny, pecially wh the primary ways of transmissn.

Not to say that gay people do not re but like, to them, this is very, very mute, 's very small, a very small thg. The rults pture specific aspects of shigellosis and diarrhea that participants had limed knowledge of, and dite an openns toward tn about diarrhea and transmissn, and shigellosis as a potential e of diarrheal illns among gay and bisexual men.

G., those who are immunopromised) intified this study, cludg lack of knowledge and openns to learng more about shigellosis, may be different om shigellosis-related KAPs among gay and bisexual men other parts of the Uned Stat and may be different om MSM who do not intify as gay or bisexual. This was a small qualative study nducted among gay and bisexual men Atlanta, GA, and rults are not generalizable to other populatns.

SHIGELLOSIS AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: A QUALATIVE ASSSMENT TO EXAME KNOWLEDGE, ATTUS, AND PRACTIC : SEXUALLY TRANSMTED DISEAS

Shigellosis preventn efforts among gay, bisexual, and other MSM uld clu health tn and munitn aimed at creasg knowledge about shigellosis and shiftg perceptns about the severy of shigellosis. Future rearch that scrib effective shigellosis preventn methods among gay, bisexual, and other MSM, cludg strategi for promotg preventn behavrs, is need. Shigella sonnei outbreak among homosexual men, London.

Of the ne nfirmed s, four of the fected men are known to be gay. LGBT Center, said that “gay or bisexual man wh fever and diarrhea, particularly if 's bloody…should get immediate medil re.