Tag: bedbugs

Well, that was quick: Orkin press release on bedbugs & MRSA paper (ignores limitations of paper though)

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An automated search I have of Google News for “emerging infectious diseases” pulled up this: Orkin Issues Statement on Recent Bedbugs Study. In the press release Orkin discusses how they will help people deal with this new issue of bedbugs possibly carrying MRSA.  The press release is actually not so awfully worded (compared to many).  And …

Bedbugs are certainly unpleasant – but what should we think about reports of finding antibiotic resistance bacteria in them? #microBEnet

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Some news agencies have recently been reporting that bedbugs may be doing something even more unpleasant than their normal unpleasantries.  Many news sources are reporting on recent information from a Canadian group that looked at what microbes were found in bedbugs in one area.  And what they found was pretty nasty.  Basically, the deal is …