Link: Aidsmap | Heterosexual transmission of community-acquired MRSA.
Evidence has emerged of heterosexual transmission of community-acquired MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. In the February 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases investigators from New York provide detailed information on three heterosexual couples where there was evidence of sexual transmission of MRSA and also provide details of a prospective, community-based study involving individuals who had been diagnosed with community-acquired MRSA that found that the pubic region was the site of infection in 3% of cases.
There have been reports of community-acquired MRSA in sports team members, military recruits, and children using daycare centres. There is also evidence of sexual transmission among HIV-positive gay men, but there have previously been no reports of heterosexual transmission of the infection.
Between 2004 and 2006, individuals with positive cultures for MRSA in New York were asked to participate in a study to determine the prevalence of community-acquired MRSA.
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My partner of 10 years developed MRSA infection after a surgery on his thigh and progressed to his blood. Several years later, I developed a bartholin gland abcess that cultured positive for MRSA