CDC: Gonorrhea Is Drug-Resistant

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	CDC: Gonorrhea Is Drug-Resistant

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4-12-2007 7:58 PM

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4-15-2007 4:37 PM

ipanema

there are so many diseases re-emerging as drug resistant. scary. we have XDR-TB, there's one flu virus too and another one [i forgot, just last week's news].

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