S*X Superbug [VIDEO]: Country's First Confirmed Case Of Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea? Reports Indicate SuperBug Effects Similar Too AIDS
Safe sex has never been more important! A new antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea, HO41-now considered a superbug, was discovered in Japan two years ago in a 31-year-old female sex worker who had been screened in 2009, according to CNBC. However; recent reports that the virus has be detected in Hawaii and Norway are allegedly false.
Reports swarmed the internet on May 1st, claimed that the sex superbug strand was discovered in Hawaii in 2011, however the State Department of Health's STD/Aids Prevention Control branch confirmed that the woman had an antibiotic resistant strain of gonorrhea that was not the superbug strain.
"There is no multi-drug super resistant superbug yet in Hawaii or the United States. We don't have the superbug in Hawaii that I repeat again, but I think it does raise people's consciousness that gonorrhea is out there, there are new strains that are developing and evolving and we need to be aware of that and protect ourselves," said Peter Whiticir from the State Department of Health's STD/Aids Prevention Control branch; reported by Hawaii's WTVM.
Although there have been no confirmed cases of the superbug in America, Whiticir said, "We're on the lookout in Hawaii. We're looking for cases to let the rest of the country know. We shouldn't fool ourselves. This resistant form of gonorrhea is going around the world."
According to CNBC, on account that it resists current antibiotic treatment, the "superbug" strain has been placed in the superbug category with other resistant bacteria, such as MRSA and CRE. These superbugs kill about half the people they attack, and nearly one in 20 hospital patients become infected with one, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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