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Drug-resistant bacteria in bedbugs

May 11, 2011 By Maryn Leave a Comment

Being Scary Disease Girl, I seem to have earned a reputation for never wincing in the face of weird disease threats.

But this, I admit, makes me go squick:

Researchers in Vancouver, BC have found bedbugs there carrying drug-resistant staph, MRSA, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, VRE.

(Deep breath.)

(Another deep breath.)

OK, details: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Science, Science Blogs, Superbug Tagged With: bedbugs, Canada, MRSA, Science Blogs

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