MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is often found on the skin and nose of healthy people – about 3 in 10 people have this bacterium living on their skin. MRSA is ‘shorthand’ for any strain of Staphylococcus bacteria that are resistant to one or more of the conventional antibiotics. ................
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