The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning to healthcare providers about a rise in antibiotic-resistant shigellosis, a condition overrepresented among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) as well as people living with HIV.
The bacterial infection shigellosis affects the digestive tract and usually causes inflammatory diarrhea that can be bloody. The infection may also lead to fever, abdominal cramping, and tenesmus, a continual or recurrent urge to evacuate the bowels. According to the CDC, Shigella bacteria are transmitted by the fecal-oral route, directly through person-to-person contact, including sexual contact, and indirectly through contaminated food, water, and other ingested materials.
CDC Warns About Bacterial Infection Rising Among Gay Men
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