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Drug-resistant gut infection spreading in UK, US and Australia

Original: A drug-resistant “sex bug” causing explosive diarrhoea is spreading among gay men in the UK, US and Australia. Over 70%

Health researchers report that Shigella, a drug-resistant intestinal infection transmitted through sex, is spreading among gay men in the UK, US and Australia. A Cambridge study found over 70% of sexually transmitted strains resisted at least one antibiotic, causing severe diarrhoea and leaving very few treatment options available.

Why now: New findings on antibiotic resistance in a sexually transmitted infection raise public health concerns across several countries.

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• A drug-resistant “sex bug” causing explosive diarrhoea is spreading among gay men in the UK, US and Australia. Over 70% of sexually transmitted strains in a Cambridge study resisted at least one antibiotic, leaving very few treatment options. Follow: @europa · europa · 538

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