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Man Contracts Worst Known Case Of Gonorrhea In The World

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GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS, SEEN THROUGH A LOW-RES PHOTOMICROGRAPH. CDC/JOE MILLAR/PUBLIC DOMAIN

By Robin Andrews

In what has proven to be both a cautionary tale, and a microcosm of the wider public health crisis posed by antibiotic resistance, it’s being reported that a man in the UK has contracted the world’s worst case of super-gonorrhea.

According to BBC News, the man – who has a regular partner in the UK – contracted the drug-resistant infection through a sexual encounter with a woman in South East Asia earlier this year. He was given a range of commonly used antibiotics, as well as a combination of azithromycin and ceftriaxone which, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the last recommended effective treatment option for uncomplicated gonorrhea.

It didn’t work, and, according to Public Health England, the European Centres for Disease Control and the World Health Organization (WHO), this is the first ever case wherein the superbug displayed such high-level resistance to these treatments.

It’s been suggested that one more antibiotic could kill it off, but if it doesn’t, there are essentially no options left. Fortunately, according to the Evening Standard, the man's UK partner has tested negative for the infection, but officials are worried other partners, if they exist, may test positive.

Gonorrhea is a bacterial infection commonly contracted by engaging in unprotected vaginal, oral or anal sex, or sharing sex toys. Common symptoms include colorful discharges, pain while urinating and bleeding between periods – but 1 in 10 men and around half of women, according to the NHS, are asymptomatic.

In the long-term, it can lead to inflammation of the pelvic region in women, and possibly infertility. It’s normally treated with a course of antibiotics, but the appearance of so-called “super-gonorrhea” has concerned health authorities.

The Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium has progressively developed antibiotic resistance over time, to the point where the WHO now consider it to be a “high priority” pathogen requiring the development of new antibiotics and widespread public health education and prevention efforts.

It’s part of the overall global rise in antibiotic resistance, something that the WHO has described as “one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today.” It’s arguably the major facet of the larger umbrella of antimicrobial resistance, which describes an “ever-increasing range of infections” caused by not just bacteria, but viruses, fungi, and parasites too.

The appearance of this man’s record-breaking resistant super-gonorrhea, then, is part of a deeply worrying trend, one in which both our prevention and treatment efforts are falling short.

The overarching theme here may be to stop the overuse of antibiotics in healthcare and agriculture, and invest heavily in related R&D. On a personal level, however, the moral of this particular modern fable is clear: use a condom, don’t get hyper-gonorrhea.

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New 'Black Death' FOUND: Deadly virus WORSE than plague and with no CURE breaks out - WHO

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A DEADLY outbreak of a rare and highly fatal virus has broken out in eastern Uganda and five cases have already been identified, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed.

By WILL KIRBY

PUBLISHED: 07:09, Mon, Nov 6, 2017 | UPDATED: 07:12, Mon, Nov 6, 2017Emergency screening has begun at the Kenya-Uganda border in Turkana after three members of the same family died of the disease in Uganda.

The outbreak is thought to have started in September when a man in his 30s, who worked as a game hunter and lived near a cave with a heavy presence of bats, was admitted to a local health centre with a high fever, vomiting and diarrhoea.

He did not respond to antimalarial treatment and his condition rapidly deteriorated.

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His sister, in her 50s, died shortly afterwards and a third victim passed away in the treatment unit of a local health centre.

The WHO website reads: “Marburg virus disease is a rare disease with a high mortality rate for which there is no specific treatment.

“The virus is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of infected persons or wild animals (e.g. monkeys and fruit bats).”

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Several hundred people are believed to have been exposed to the virus, which is among the most virulent pathogens known to infect humans.

Early symptoms include fever, chills, headache, and myalgia.

The news comes as Madagascar faces a deadly outbreak of plague, which has already claimed the lives of 127 people.

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There is currently an outbreak of both pneumonic and bubonic plague in Madagascar

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Workers cleaning and disinfecting the tents where patients sleep at the health center Plague Triage and Treatment Center, in Toamasina

Cases of the plague have soared in recent days and extra funding has been released by the World Bank to provide additional resources in the face of the “worst outbreak for 50 years”.

 The outbreak has been compared with the Black Death, when plague swept across Europe and Asia in the 13th century, killing more than 50 million people in what is now considered one of the worst pandemics in human history.

Two thirds of the recorded cases in Madagascar are caused by the pneumonic plague, which can be spread through coughs and sneezes and without treatment, can kill within 24 hours.

The outbreak has prompted warnings that it could spread to nine nearby countries, including UK holiday hotspots Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Bubonic plague in United States: Madagascar Black Death also hits Deep South

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 AS MADAGASCAR deals with a deadly outbreak of plague which has already claimed the lives of 127 people, it has been revealed that the United States is among the countries regularly hit by the deadly disease.

 By WILL KIRBY

 PUBLISHED: 16:01, Fri, Nov 3, 2017

 Dr Tim Jagatic, a doctor with Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) currently working in Madagascar, told Express.co.uk the conditions which cause the plague outbreaks on the African island are also found in the US.

 He said: “Something today that very few people are aware of is that in the United States for instance, in the south-west, there’s an average of 11 cases of bubonic plague per year.

 “These outbreaks occur simply because this is a bacteria which is able to maintain a reservoir in wild animals and every once in a while, when humans come into contact with fleas that have had contact with the wild animals, it is able to transmit to humans.

 “Over here in Madagascar it’s the same situation – there’s a reservoir in the highlands of the central part of the country where there are plenty of wild animals who act as reservoirs.

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Viruses ‘falling from sky in their billions every day’

Published time: 7 Feb, 2018 13:35Edited time: 8 Feb, 2018 12:51

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Billions of viruses fall from the sky every day, according to new research which could explain why genetically identical viruses are often found in very different environments around the world.

In a scientific first, a team of international researchers recorded the number of viruses being swept up daily from the Earth’s surface into the free troposphere – the lowest layer of the atmosphere, in which nearly all weather occurs.

READ MORE: Killer viruses from outer space might be more common than we think – study

The study, published in the International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal, describes the detection of hundreds of millions of viruses and bacteria raining down from the sky on a daily basis.

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“Every day, more than 800 million viruses are deposited per square metre above the planetary boundary layer – that’s 25 viruses for each person in Canada,” study co-author and University of British Columbia virologist Curtis Suttle said in a statement.

Bacteria and viruses are swept up into the atmosphere in small particles from soil-dust and sea spray. The pathogens can be carried thousands of kilometers overhead before being dropped back onto the Earth’s surface. The phenomenon helps explain how the same virus ends up in notably different environments.

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“Bacteria and viruses are typically deposited back to Earth via rain events and Saharan dust intrusions. However, the rain was less efficient removing viruses from the atmosphere,” study co-author and microbial ecologist Isabel Reche from the University of Granada said.

Scientists conclude while the deposits of bacteria and viruses from the atmosphere may have effects on the structure and function of recipient ecosystems, it’s not necessarily terrible news, as the deposits could help ecosystems adapt more quickly to environment changes.

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