Smoking, bad for you, good for MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an antibiotic-resistant superbug, can cause life-threatening skin, bloodstream and surgical site infections or pneumonia. It has been a tough battle finding ways to fight it and research now shows, cigarette smoke may make matters worse. The study shows that MRSA bacteria exposed to cigarette smoke become even more resistant to killing by the immune system.

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April 4, 2015 | Categories: Biology, Health and Medicine | Tags: allergies, bacteriology, immunology, infectious diseases, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, microbiology, peer reviewed, pulmonary medicine, science, smoking, superbug | Leave a comment