Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: " New York City HIV superbug: fear or fear not. | Retrovirology BioMed Central Commentary New York City HIV superbug fear or fear not Stephen M Smith 1 2 Open Access Address 1Section of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Saint Michael s Medical Center New Jersey USA and 2Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health The New Jersey Medical School Newark New Jersey 07102 USA Email Stephen M Smith - ssmith1824@ Corresponding author Published 02 March 2005 Received 28 February 2005 Accepted 02 March 2005 Retrovirology 2005 2 14 doi 1742-4690-2-14 H This article is available from http content 2 1 14 2005 Smith licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract On February I 1 2005 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that a city resident had recently been infected with a multi-drug resistant form of HIV and rapidly progressed to AIDS. The Health Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden called for increased vigilance against this new strain. Is this situation an emerging crisis or simply an unusual case report of rapid HIV progression On February 11 2005 New York City NYC health officials announced the discovery of a rare strain of multidrug resistant HIV that rapidly progresses to AIDS. According to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene a man in his mid-40s was diagnosed with HIV infection in December 2004. Shortly after his diagnosis testing at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in Manhattan revealed that his virus was resistant to almost all anti-HIV therapeutics. Further despite being infected for only 2-20 months the man had developed AIDS. NYC Health Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden MD MPH stated This case is a wake-up call. First it s a wakeup call to men who have sex with men .
