Super gonorrhoea poses a 'major global threat', scientists have warned in the wake of an Austrian man catching a drug-resistant version of the STI

The unidentified man, in his 50s, became infected after having unprotected sex with a prostitute while on holiday in Cambodia in April.

Gonorrhoea has been gathering resistance to a number of antibiotics over the past few decades, a phenomena called antimicrobial resistance.

 

British doctors used to prescribe the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. But in 2005 it was no longer recommended as a treatment because the bacteria had become resistant.

Another antibiotic — cefixime — was also dropped in 2011 for the same reason. This new strain is also resistant to other antibiotics used to fight infections

cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline,  And displayed resistance to azithromycin, one of the frontline antibiotics used to treat gonorrhoea in Europe.

 

Antimicrobial resistance is increasingly concerning to scientists and health leaders.

Earlier this year a major study found superbugs had directly killed 1.2million people in 2019.

This makes superbugs a bigger global killer than AIDS or malaria

 

Over-prescribing and the inappropriate doling out of antibiotics has been attributed as one reason behind the rise of superbugs.

 

 

***The man was eventually treated with a week-long course of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid, a combination antibiotic treatment.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10941755/Austrian-man-catches-Super-gonorrhoea-Cambodian-prostitute.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saddle up cowboys, bareback could kill you.

Therin lies the rub, safety is of tantamount importance.

Get ready for another lockdown, you know it makes sense ????

11 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

became infected after having unprotected sex with a prostitute while on holiday in Cambodia in April.

But did he wear a mask?

Incurable knob rot. Scary.

So what treatment is left? Amputation?

25 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

became infected after having unprotected sex with a prostitute while on holiday in Cambodia in April.

well done big guy.

And you thought the fighting over toilet paper was bad during Corona

22 minutes ago, Excel said:

Get ready for another lockdown, you know it makes sense ????

Chastity belts to be worn as well as those having tge SG wearing a shirt emblazoned with the SG symbol....here's your sign.

Jeez these guys not using protection....insanity if you look at Wolfram Alpha stats....they must be on their way out anyway....past point of caring.

 

"Your home country vs SEA country + choose your poison/STD" = wake-up call"

 

 

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=UK+vs+Thai+HIV

 

 

as he was fully treated with amoxicilin means this bacteria is not drug resistant.

It's a matter of finding a proper antibiotic. Doctors can also combine 2 or more antibiotics at the same time.

Memorable holiday in cambodia for him, his wify and kids will also remember well

Now that Covid is waning, the experts would be absolutely lost, if they did not have a new disease they could warn us about. 

 

And it seems as if a portion of the population would also be lost without something to be panicked over. 

 

It is all quite sad and not exactly humanity showing it's better nature. Don't we have better things to do, than freak out over the next big plague type event? 

This article has a level of misinformation that I didn't think was possible. 

 

It claims a Superbug infection and then describes how it was treated with a now pretty routine drug combination. 

 

For something to be a Superbug it has to be resistant to the drugs of last resort. Famously, one strain that made the newspapers was MRSA, named because way back then M (methicilin) was the drug of last resort. The R stands for resistant.

 

The article mentions the routine drug Azithromoycin as if it is cutting edge. This is silly. It has been around for 30+ years as normal prescription.

 

Bugs are always evolving and will always supplant the latest drugs. The problem is indeed overuse but the much more serious problem is the lack of funding in new antibiotics because there is no profit in it.

 

A drug of last resort can only be administered by hospitals and are strictly controlled. Only a tiny number of Superbug outbreak cases occur each year and this wasn't one of them. 

26 minutes ago, Gaccha said:

This article has a level of misinformation that I didn't think was possible. 

Part of the 'anti-sex' western government programme.

Superbugs kill blah blah ............ never heard of anyone being killed by the clap.

1 hour ago, freedomnow said:

Jeez these guys not using protection....insanity if you look at Wolfram Alpha stats....they must be on their way out anyway....past point of caring.

Been in Asia 12 years, banged loads of ladies (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines), never with protection.

Didn't catch anything.

Western 'anti-sex' scare mongering has always been a problem.

 

Would point out sex in the western world is much more risky.

1. You/they can't buy antibiotics over the counter.

2. She might report you for rape.

Just now, BritManToo said:

Been in Asia 12 years, banged loads of ladies (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pilippines), never with protection.

Didn't catch anything.

Western 'anti-sex' scare mongering has always been a problem.

Give that man a clap ????

25 minutes ago, Gaccha said:

Only a tiny number of Superbug outbreak cases occur each year and this wasn't one of them. 

"Only a tiny number of Superbug outbreak cases occur each year"---Gaccha

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Antibiotic resistance – already a major health problem

Antibiotic resistance is already a severe problem worldwide. Or as stated by the World Health Organization[6]: “Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today”. In January 2022 the most comprehensive data to date on the global health burden of antibiotic resistance was published in the Lancet.

 

 

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

1. You/they can't buy antibiotics over the counter.

2. She might report you for rape.

And it cost you a house.....................................

1 hour ago, freedomnow said:

Jeez these guys not using protection...

I've never used.  Not a P4P kind of guy, but lost count how many 1 night stands, and your common bar fly is probably almost the same risk factor as working 'bar gal'.

1 minute ago, sanuk711 said:

"Only a tiny number of Superbug outbreak cases occur each year"---Gaccha

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Antibiotic resistance – already a major health problem

Antibiotic resistance is already a severe problem worldwide. Or as stated by the World Health Organization[6]: “Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today”. In January 2022 the most comprehensive data to date on the global health burden of antibiotic resistance was published in the Lancet.

 

 

Was this from the same people that said COVID was going to kill us all?

 

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