Canadian scientists detect ‘superbug’ bedbugs
Posted May 11, 2011 4:04 pm.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canadian scientists have detected bedbugs which carry superbug germs.
A microbiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver found the drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in bedbugs which bit three patients from the downtown east side of the city.
Bedbugs do not spread disease, but can cause itching which leads to scratching. As skin breaks, people become more susceptible to the bacteria.
MRSA is resistant to several types of common antibiotics, and it can be deadly if it gets into the bloodstream.
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