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"It means we need to reconsider how pathogens exist in the hospital environment," study lead author Ronan McCarthy, a professor in biomedical sciences at Brunel University of London, said in a ...

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In a breakthrough study, microbiologists at Brunel University London discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common and ...

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McCarthy said the findings mean that we need to reconsider how pathogens such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa exist in hospital environments. "Plastics, including plastic surfaces, could potentially be ...