Come to the beach...catch MRSA...

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

Well, apparently MRSA likes to go to the beach as much as we do. It was found in the sand (not the water) on 5 beaches out of 10 surveyed in Washington State and California.

Ya know, I guess I'll just stay home and live in a ziploc bag....

MRSA was not found in the samples taken from the two California beaches, but the researchers said they did not believe that presence of the strain in Washington was an anomaly.

Roberts said the researchers found more organisms in the sand than in the water, explaining that this was likely because the sand acts as a filter for the sea water.

Earlier this year, other researchers reported they found MRSA in samples taken from South Florida beaches.

"Staph is a salt-loving organism. It's not surprising to see it in the ocean," he tells WebMD. Peterson, a microbiologist at NorthShore University Health System in Evanston, Ill., was not involved with the research.

Ya know, I guess I'll just stay home and live in a ziploc bag....