Thursday, January 17, 2008

Drug-Resistant Staph Appearing Heavily Among Homosexually Active Men in Boston and San Francisco

A highly drug-resistant strain of MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as drug-resistant staph) is appearing among men who have sex with men (MSM) in San Francisco and Boston, researchers reported this week. A study of hospitals and clinics in those cities found that a strain of MRSA resistant to many of the antibiotics used to treat the infection is 13 times more common among MSM in San Francisco than in the rest of the city's population, and notably more common among people with HIV.

Click here to read the article in the February 19, 2008 edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine.