MRSA (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

MRSA

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a “superbug” that is resistant to most medications, sickened more than 94,000 people in 2005 and killed more than 19,000 in the US, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control.

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George Stewart/University of Missouri

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