Mice Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant Germs Found In New York City – IOTW Report

Mice Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant Germs Found In New York City

KFI: Residents of New York City and most large cities are used to furry rodents scurrying through their apartments or rummaging through garbage on the streets. The mice can be a serious health hazard as they carry bacteria that can be passed onto humans and make them sick.

A new study in New York found that not only do mice carry multiple types of bacteria, some of that bacteria is antibiotic resistant. The research team captured over 400 mice throughout the city and analyzed their stomach contents. They found that 37% of the mice tested positive for various strains of bacteria including Salmonella and E. coli. Even more disturbing, one in four mice tested positive for antibiotic-resistant bacteria.  read more

13 Comments on Mice Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant Germs Found In New York City

  1. Let me guess … this is the result of mice having access to too many over-the-counter antibiotics?

    Fish Mox or Bird Tetracycline?

    There has to be some angle to increase gov’t oppression, or they wouldn’t bring it up.

    izlamo delenda est …

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  2. I don’t care what first world you live in, as long as you have overcrowding and unclean people (politicians, city/state employees) and a large water source, you will get super mice and rats the size of small cats that won’t hide from humans because they are not afraid.

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