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, 01:59, March 30, 2008liberal media agrees
* Incidence of the new variant is 13 times higher in [[San Francisco]]'s heavily [[gay]] Castro neighborhood and surrounding zip codes than in the city's general population. That concentration — and the fact that many infections appear on the buttocks and the genital region — is leading researchers to suggest that MDR staph is being spread through sexual contact.
* Incidence of the new variant is 13 times higher in [[San Francisco]]'s heavily [[gay]] Castro neighborhood and surrounding zip codes than in the city's general population. That concentration — and the fact that many infections appear on the buttocks and the genital region — is leading researchers to suggest that MDR staph is being spread through sexual contact.
* MDR staph is related to an MRSA strain called USA-300 that has appeared in schools, prisons and athletic teams around the country. But MDR staph is even more resistant to antibiotics. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18086925]