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An ‘Elegant’ Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance in Golden Staph Revealed by a New Tool
Scientists from the University of New South Wales have discovered a complex system for adaptability in Staphylococcus aureus that has led to the identification and characterization of multi-drug resistance mechanisms as well as the development of new lines of antibiotic defense. The remedy for methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections depends on the effectiveness of the last-line antibiotics such as vancomycin….