Bedbugs carry Superbugs that Kill

A disturbing revelation has surfaced after a research that was headed by Marc Romney, a medical microbiologist at St Pauls Hospital / Providence Health Care in Vancouver. The study has revealed that the hitherto innocuous bedbugs can carry superbugs that can kill. This study was conducted in the economically undeveloped sectors of Vancouver, Canada.

The study claims that bedbugs are increasingly carrying drug resistant antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria and can they also spread it to vectors such as humans. Till now, it was an established fact that pests cannot spread infections.

Methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci were the two types of antibiotic resistant bacteria strains that were found in the sample bedbugs. However, there is one upside to this news as of now. When the bedbugs were tested for superbugs that can carry blood borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis, the result was in the negative.

The new finding is all the more disconcerting because a few of the sample bedbugs had been retrieved from humans in the bedbug infested area.

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