According to UK scientists, a novel strain of the “superbug" methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA has been discovered in cow milk and human swab samples, which is undetectable with standard tests.
The new MRSA strain, according to the scientists, is immune to antibiotics and is impossible to detect with the standard tests performed in hospitals due to its unusual genetic make-up.
Researchers from Cambridge University have stumbled on the new microorganism while studying bovine mastitis, a fatal bacterial infection observed in dairy cows.
