MRSA Superbug Now Found On US Beaches
 

MRSA Superbug Now Found On US Beaches

September 14, 2009

(AFP) -- The so-called superbug MRSA, a multi-resistant strain of staphylococcus usually found in hospitals, has been discovered for the first time on US beaches, a study said.

The antibiotic-resistant strain, which is increasingly found in prisons, gym locker rooms and homes, can cause skin conditions and organ ailments and serious and sometimes fatal cases of pneumonia.

"This is the first report of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) from marine water and inertial beach sand," said Marilyn Roberts, a microbiologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and co-author of the study, during a press briefing Saturday.

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