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[[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Gonorrhea]] is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacyterium [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]].]] | [[Image:Neisseriagon.jpg|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Gonorrhea]] is a [[sexually transmitted disease]] ([[STD]]) caused by the bacyterium [[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]].]] | ||
| − | In respect to '''homosexuality and gonorrhea''', [[Concerned Women of America]] stated the following: | + | In respect to '''homosexuality and gonorrhea''', [[Concerned Women of America]] issued an article entitled ''Health and Homosexuality''. The article stated the following regarding homosexuality and gonorrhea: |
{{cquote|In a study published by the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' in 1991, "...gonorrhea was associated with urethral discharge ... and homosexuality (3.7 times higher than the rate among heterosexuals)."<ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articles/959/CWA/family/index.htm</ref>}} | {{cquote|In a study published by the ''[[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]'' in 1991, "...gonorrhea was associated with urethral discharge ... and homosexuality (3.7 times higher than the rate among heterosexuals)."<ref>http://www.cwfa.org/articles/959/CWA/family/index.htm</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 00:43, October 7, 2007
In respect to homosexuality and gonorrhea, Concerned Women of America issued an article entitled Health and Homosexuality. The article stated the following regarding homosexuality and gonorrhea:
| “ | In a study published by the Canadian Medical Association Journal in 1991, "...gonorrhea was associated with urethral discharge ... and homosexuality (3.7 times higher than the rate among heterosexuals)."[1] | ” |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a report regarding homosexual men entitled Increases in Unsafe Sex and Rectal Gonorrhea Among Men Who Have Sex With Men -- San Francisco, California, 1994-1997.[2] The CDC report stated that "male rectal gonorrhea is increasing among MSM [men who have sex with men] amidst an overall decline in nationwide gonorrhea rates."[3]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also made the following report:
| “ | "CDC conducted sentinel surveillance in 28 cities and found the proportion of cases resistant to fluoroquinolone antibiotics (a first-line treatment for gonorrhea) increased from 4.1 percent in 2003 to 6.8 percent in 2004. Resistance is especially worrisome in men who have sex with men, where it was eight times higher than among heterosexuals (23.8 percent vs. 2.9 percent). In April 2004, CDC recommended that fluoroquinolones no longer be used as treatment for gonorrhea among men who have sex with men. These antibiotics were also not recommended to treat the disease in anyone in California or Hawaii, where resistance has been widespread for years. Outside of these states, the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance among heterosexuals remains low at 1.3 percent."[4] | ” |