Snooping around in hospital pipes, scientists find DNA that fuels the spread of superbugs

The pipes carrying away the effluvia of very sick people are bound to be nasty, dirty places.But just how unwholesome they are is made clear in anew report showing that the pipes beneath a hospital intensive care unit are a throbbing, seething hookup zone for antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Even...
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - Category: Science Authors: Source Type: news