Monday, 10 October 2011

3.33 - Antibiotic resistance

Staphylococcus Aureus can be treated with an anti-biotic called methacilline, this cures SA in its susceptible form (MSSA)
However, through random mutation there is a type of SA that doesnt die when given methecilline, this type of mutation is the resistant form of SA (MRSA)

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