May 12, 2011 Researchers in Canada have found bedbugs carrying antibiotic-resistant superbugs ... a surprise finding because scientists had thought the pests were not capable of spreading infections ... [researchers] found bedbugs carrying two types of drug-resistant bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] and vancomycin-resistant enterococci ... some of these pests may be carrying MRSA and going from individual to individual ... they can't carry hepatitis B and HIV, maybe they can carry resistant bacteria ...
By Julie Steenhuysen,
Reuters