Antibiotic-resistant superbug evolved on hedgehogs
A type of MRSA evolved naturally on the skin of wild hedgehogs some 200 years ago, scientists say. …
This is, though, just one, relatively rare example of antibiotic resistance arising naturally. And the discovery “represents a tiny fraction of the risks compared to overuse of antibiotics in a human medical context”, one of the lead researchers, Prof Mark Holmes from the University of Cambridge, told BBC News.
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