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sl8

(13,749 posts)
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 03:09 PM Mar 2018

Man has 'world's worst' super-gonorrhoea

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43571120

Man has 'world's worst' super-gonorrhoea

By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent, BBC News
2 hours ago

A man in the UK has caught the world's "worst-ever" case of super-gonorrhoea.

He had a regular partner in the UK, but picked up the superbug after a sexual encounter with a woman in south-east Asia.

Public Health England says it is the first time the infection cannot be cured with first choice antibiotics.

Health officials are now tracing any other sexual partners of the man, who has not been identified, in an attempt to contain the infection's spread.

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Man has 'world's worst' super-gonorrhoea (Original Post) sl8 Mar 2018 OP
His name will come out soon enough. Control-Z Mar 2018 #1
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lol, you win the internet today!!! Canoe52 Mar 2018 #5
Brilliant! You win! nt Ilsa Mar 2018 #8
So Stormy & Mueller aren't the reasons why Trump goes into the bathroom and screams for 5 minutes? TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #10
"No, Sara, 'clap ' is not the same as 'applaud'!" nt Atticus Mar 2018 #11
LMAO! You're the best! Solly Mack Mar 2018 #12
Nobody likes BillyBobBrilliant Mar 2018 #6
Well, at least they have the national health service. raccoon Mar 2018 #7
No pictures please. lpbk2713 Mar 2018 #13
That's not something most would want to be famous for. LisaL Mar 2018 #14
Why do I have this clip from Evil Dead playing in my head? Initech Mar 2018 #15

raccoon

(31,110 posts)
7. Well, at least they have the national health service.
Wed Mar 28, 2018, 03:44 PM
Mar 2018

Well, at least they have the national health service.

But don't you know this is happening in other places where they don't have anything like NHS.

I bet his partner in the UK gave him the heave ho.

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