It was a deadly strain of Staph

The appearance of a new species of Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause the patient's death to warn experts. The new strain, called USA300, is immune to the antibiotics commonly used today. As a result of the disease on the skin appear huge bumps and in some severe cases, fatal blood poisoning or pneumonia, eat light. The researchers believe that the USA300 may be more common among gay men: more than others suffer from a disease of the San Francisco Castro, where gay men live longer than any other scheme of the United States. According to reports, this city 13 times the bacteria usually in gay men is found from other people: Now is the bearer of a new strain of Staph in Castro a person of 588, while in the entire San Francisco, is the figure of 1:3800. In the UK, so far found only two cases of a new form of staph, even here it is not up to the hospitals, which are often picked up by other tribes, and when people communicate. "This is not a new HIV" "These infections are resistant frequently concern to many drugs gay men in these areas of the body where during the sexual activity, the skin contact with the skin, - Dr. Bean Dieppe Medical Center said in San Francisco -. But because the bacteria can be transmitted even innocent contact, we are very concerned about the potential spread of this strain into the general population concerns "According to Dr. Dieppe, the best way to avoid infection -. it can with water and skin may be, especially after sex. The study, reported in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, is based on the analysis of medical data from hospitals and medical centers in San Francisco and Boston. "It is surprising that the numbers are so high - says Professor Mark Enright of Imperial College London and St. Mary's Hospital, a leading British research center of Staphylococcus aureus. - We know that the version of USA300 with very active through skin contact the skin spread. " "The main risk groups are particularly susceptible infections - gay men, drug users and people involved in contact sports, such as the fight - adds the expert -. With Moreover, the spread of infection by the large number of sexual partners, or by skin contact a great people. And in the U.S., the disease is beginning to spread to the general population. "But after Roger Peabody of British Healthcare Foundation Terence Higgins," is not a new issue of HIV. We are witnessing the emergence of infections caused by Skin contact can be transmitted including sex. Another problem is that it is fixed in ten U.S. cases resistant to antibiotics, but most cases can all be treated equally. "