MICROBIOLOGY - CONNECT ACCESS
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Chapter 18.3, Problem 8AYP
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An update of the status of MRSA infection in the United States.
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MRSA represents a bacterium called “methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus”, which mainly cause skin lesions in the people which are not hospitalized. Staphylococcus aureus is included under gram-positive bacteria that appear in clusters and it develops resistance against antibiotics. Strains of these bacteria with methicillin-resistance are also discovered in healthy people. Community-associated MRSA is most common in children and adults
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MICROBIOLOGY - CONNECT ACCESS
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