Scientists in England find a new strain of "super bacteria" MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in cow milk samples. The new strains of germs have infected humans, although believed to be the experts would not be a serious threat. As published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases, clusters of new strains of MRSA bacteria are found in human and cow's milk that has not been pasteurized in England, Scotland and Denmark.
These findings assessed the researchers as "worrying". However, germs are resistant to several antibiotics is estimated will not cause infection by entry into the food chain through milk. This new strain of MRSA germs found by Mark Holmes and his team from Cambridge University in England, while researching the bacteria S. aureus, causes the disease bovine mastitis in cattle.
