Beware of this Super Bug in the Sand at the Beach
January 28th, 2010 by Nina Thompson, ARNP
Sand at the beach may harbor the super bug MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), according to researchers from the University of Washington. Recently, public beaches in Seattle were tested by the researchers and nearly all of them contained staphylococci in the sand at the shoreline, with MRSA in half of the staph bacteria.
It is well known that staphylococci are [...]
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