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Jul 11Good luck, single people.
Although it’s mostly gross, instead of life-threatening, this is hardly good news:
Scientists have found a “superbug” strain of gonorrhea in Japan that is resistant to all recommended antibiotics and say it could transform a once easily treatable infection into a global public health threat.
The new strain of the sexually transmitted disease — called H0411 — cannot be killed by any currently recommended treatments for gonorrhea, leaving doctors with no other option than to try medicines so far untested against the disease.
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“Based on the historical data … resistance has emerged and spread internationally within 10 to 20 years,” [the bacteria's discoverer] said.
Another interesting tidbit: “Japan has historically been the place for the first emergence and subsequent global spread of different types of resistance in gonorrhea.”
Via the Hairpin.
- Okay, it’s really a zero, but “ho 41″ is an pretty excellent designation for an STD. ↩
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