Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The important features of the “Highlight Disease,” MRSA skin and soft tissue infection.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus. Methicillin is similar to penicillin. It acts on Staphylococcus aureus those results in the lethality of bacteria. Due to mutation, the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus became resistant toward the antibiotics.

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