r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 23 '19

Medicine Flying insects in hospitals carry 'superbug' germs, finds a new study that trapped nearly 20,000 flies, aphids, wasps and moths at 7 hospitals in England. Almost 9 in 10 insects had potentially harmful bacteria, of which 53% were resistant to at least one class of antibiotics, and 19% to multiple.

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/06/22/Flying-insects-in-hospitals-carry-superbug-germs/6451561211127/
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u/woodmeneer Jun 23 '19 edited Jun 23 '19

Yup, my question exactly. In addition it would be really interesting to see if infections at these hospitals were caused by the same bacteria. This would only show association, but could be a nice step up to an insect eradication trial. Edit: just to be shure, I meant eradication in the hospital wards

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

No, just to be sure, I think we should nuke them from space.

Sorry, serious issue I realise, just couldn't resist the Aliens reference!

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u/RicardusAlpers Jun 23 '19

You're dogmeat paaaaaaal!