• Question: what made you want to Exam bacteria found in hospitals and finding out if they could cause disease?

    Asked by mollie to Michael on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Michael Loughlin answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      people in hospitals are often already ill..or else hey, why would they be there. That means often their immune system is not working as well as it could..either by infection, by drugs, or even cuts, injetctions anything that pierces the skin..lets bacteria in
      so bacteria that would normally be harmless could now cause disease..and its these not-normally harmful bacteria that we are keen on as they can cause nasty ilnnesses in immunocompromised patients if they can get in.
      So ones welook at now can rupture human cells, protect themselves from acid Incredibly well and are often mistaken for other organisms..we want to se ehow they work, how often they are found..and just how dangerous they are

      good question btw

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