Out break : reported that Multidrug resistant bacteria found in hospital sinks and how they reach the patient: Study

Multidrug resistant bacteria found in hospital sinks and how they reach the patient: StudyMany recent reports have found multidrug resistant bacteria living in hospital sink drainpipes, putting them in close proximity to vulnerable patients. The project grew out of the knowledge that patients are dying from infections with multidrug resistant bacteria that they acquire while hospitalized. Given the distance in typical hospital sinks of elbows below the sink bowls, it frequently takes a week for the colonies to reach the sink strainers. The goal is to determine precisely how the pathogens reach the patients, said Mathers. But how the bacteria find their way out of the drains, and into patients has been unclear.

Common roundworm found to farm the bacteria it eats

The C. elegans worms and the E. coli bacteria are darlings of biology labs, ranking among the most-studied organisms in science. The bacteria adhere to the worm's sticky skin when the roundworm crawls through a bacterial patch. The worms move through patches of the bacteria Escherichia coli (red circle), which adhere to the worms' sticky skin. The observation led researchers to speculate that in the wild, farming roundworms might also pay a survival cost. In a series of experiments, the researchers explored the ins and outs of the interspecies relationship between the worms and the bacteria.

Flesh-eating bugs lurking on ATMs and killer bacteria found on phones

"By working with manufacturers, we can start to make our indoor environments work for us by having contact surfaces kill bacteria rather than spread them. Numerous common public areas were selected and swabbed as dozens of harmful bacteria strains were found on everyday surfaces. He added: "Our technologies are vitally important in a world where antibiotic resistance to harmful bacteria is a threat as significant as global warming. Deadly superbugs have been found on mobile phones, laptops, ATMs, floors, elevator buttons and toilet door handles. The study, which was carried out over a two-week period in October 2016, also found faecal matter and other potentially harmful bacteria on elevator buttons as well as flesh-eating Listeria on ATMs and salmonella on computer keyboards.



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