METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS …

Methicillin was developed after penicillin and it is in the penicillin class of antibiotics. Methicillin is no longer manufactured - other antibiotics were found to be more effective and more stable - but the term methicillin-resistant is still used to describe strains of Staphylococcus aureus that … ................
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