Staphylococcus aureus

Only Small Group Of Multi-Drug Resistant Strains Cause Most Episodes Of Severe Disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 8th, 2001

A multi-disciplinary Oxford University team in the U.K. has taken a major step in understanding one of the enduring puzzles in infectious diseases: why some individuals suffer devastating infection from the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, when up to 70% of the population carry the germ harmlessly on the nose and on the skin.

The study also casts light on why the superbug multi-drug resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is so good at causing disease and spreading between patients.

The discovery was published in the journal Science during April 2001 one week after Britain's House of Lords called for accelerated action to combat...

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