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Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07...istant-ecoli-bacteria-like-superbugs/11280148
Seagulls infected with drug-resistant E.coli bacteria similar to superbugs, research finds
By Nicolas Perpitch
Updated about an hour ago
More than a fifth of seagulls tested in a study across Australia have been found carrying bacteria that is resistant to commonly-used antimicrobial drugs and can potentially cause serious infections in humans.
Researchers believe the silver gulls became infected with versions of the E.coli bacteria when they scavenged in garbage tips or sewage areas and came into contact with human waste, including faeces.
The bacteria are similar to antibiotic-resistant superbugs which have infected people in hospitals and nursing homes, although in this case the risk to humans is believed to be considerably lower.
The findings, by a team from Murdoch University in collaboration with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, the University of Adelaide and the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark, have been published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy...
Seagulls infected with drug-resistant E.coli bacteria similar to superbugs, research finds
By Nicolas Perpitch
Updated about an hour ago
More than a fifth of seagulls tested in a study across Australia have been found carrying bacteria that is resistant to commonly-used antimicrobial drugs and can potentially cause serious infections in humans.
Researchers believe the silver gulls became infected with versions of the E.coli bacteria when they scavenged in garbage tips or sewage areas and came into contact with human waste, including faeces.
The bacteria are similar to antibiotic-resistant superbugs which have infected people in hospitals and nursing homes, although in this case the risk to humans is believed to be considerably lower.
The findings, by a team from Murdoch University in collaboration with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, the University of Adelaide and the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark, have been published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy...