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Highly deadly, antibiotic-resistant MRSA targeting older patients, study finds

November 04, 2009

A tough, virulent strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is five times more deadly than other MRSA strains, and typically affects older patients, according to new findings.
 

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