Just recently there was an article about E-cigarettes and Mental health. Here we have another finding of a different sort. this time the danger is that they build up a resistance to drugs which then makes it difficult to kill bacteria. A paragraph from the article shows us just how dangerous smoking E-cigarettes can be.
“The virulence of MRSA is increased by e-cigarette vapor,” said lead investigator Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD, VA researcher and assistant professor of medicine in pulmonary and critical care at UCSD. Exposure to e-cigarette vapor increased the virulence of the bacteria, helping MRSA escape killing by antimicrobial peptides
E-cigarettes May Boost Resistance of Drug-Resistant Pathogens
“The virulence of MRSA is increased by e-cigarette vapor,” said lead investigator Laura E. Crotty Alexander, MD, VA researcher and assistant professor of medicine in pulmonary and critical care at UCSD. Exposure to e-cigarette vapor increased the virulence of the bacteria, helping MRSA escape killing by antimicrobial peptides
E-cigarettes May Boost Resistance of Drug-Resistant Pathogens
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