Superbugs digest medical plastic, making it even more dangerous

Superbugs digest medical plastic, making it even more dangerous



A dangerous hospital superbug plastic has been found to digest – especially some stitches, stents and types used in transplantation inside the human body. Microbiologists at Brunell University in London show that bacteria can feed on plastic to survive, possibly these pathogens are able to live in hospital wards and patients for a long time.