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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Soil-Dwelling Fungus Rode Joplin Tornado to Unexpected Human Home

"However, they had also stumbled on an ominous finding. In addition to Apophysomyces, the Kansas City physicians identified multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria in the patients' wounds. As if an F-5 tornado and flesh-eating fungus were not enough, the scientists surmised that because the tornado struck farmland, agricultural antibiotic use among cattle and other livestock may have played a role in exposing these victims to yet another deadly peril." It's a hostile environment out there. Batten down your hatches.
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