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This Little-Known STD Could Become The "Next Superbug" Within A Decade

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 16 2018, @06:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the super-bugs-don't-come-from-krypton dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for takyon

There’s a little-known sexually transmitted disease (STD) that’s on the rise – and could soon become a very big problem.

Sexual health experts warn that Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) has the potential to become a drug-resistant superbug within a matter of years.

Research by the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) found that over 70 percent of sexual health experts said that if current practices do not change, MG will become resistant to first and second line antibiotics within a decade. Left unchecked, they say this could result in thousands of women each year at increased risk of infertility from pelvic inflammatory disease caused by MG.

As a result of these daunting statistics, BASHH have just released draft guidelines to help the public and health services deal with this impending crisis.

“MG is rapidly becoming the new superbug: it’s increasingly resistant to most of the antibiotics we use to treat chlamydia and changes its pattern of resistance during treatment so it's like trying to hit a moving target,” Dr Peter Greenhouse, sexual health consultant from the UK, said in a statement.

Source: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/this-littleknown-std-could-become-the-next-superbug-within-a-decade/

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @02:45PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @02:45PM (#708340)

    From the surveillance videos I have seen, Mom or Dad (we're mostly single parent households in the US) hears their son/daughter masturbating, enters their room, has a calm chat with the embarrassed teen, and then starts oral sex on them, possibly ending in full anal.

    Is PornHub not giving me an accurate societal picture?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @01:55PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @01:55PM (#708761)

    Definitely not accurate.

    In real life, the Millennial 'teen' is at least 20 and anything up to 35.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @06:20PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @06:20PM (#708918)

      Now you tell me! Well, there goes my dream to start a family.