Alarming combo: Bedbugs with 'superbug' germ found

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ATLANTA – Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying a staph "superbug." Canadian scientists detected drug-resistant staph bacteria in bedbugs from three hospital patients from a downtrodden Vancouver neighborhood.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110511/ap_on_he_me/us_med_bedbug_superbug

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