Flesh-eating bug strikes San Francisco's gay community - The Independent 16th January 2008

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

A lethal strain of the MRSA superbug that can develop into a flesh-eating form of pneumonia has struck San Francisco's gay population. The Castro district of the city, which has a higher gay population than anywhere else in the US, has been hardest hit, according to a study, but the infection has also been found in gay men in Boston, New York and Los Angeles.

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