Health
High levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on equipment in communal gyms. – Brinkwire
Research presented at ASM Microbe Online found that 43% of Staphylococcus bacteria found on exercise equipment in university gyms were ampicillin-resistant, with 73% of those isolates being resistant to multiple additional drugs. The late Xin Fan, Ph.D., and her student Chase A. Weikel of West Chester University (WCU) conducted the research in cooperation with WCU’s John M. Pisciotta, Ph.D., associate professor of Biology.
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