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• Prevention Of Recurrent MRSA Skin Infections: What You Need To Know

  Clinicians often prescribe topical, intranasal, or systemic antimicrobial agents to patients with recurrent skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an effort to eradicate the staphylococcal carrier state. Some agents can temporarily interrupt staphylococcal carriage, but none has been proved effective for prevention of skin infections caused by MRSA.
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• Dangerous New Method For Bacterial Toxin Transfer Discovered By NYU Scientists

  Scientists have discovered a new way for bacteria to transfer toxic genes to unrelated bacterial species, a finding that raises the unsettling possibility that bacterial swapping of toxins and other disease-aiding factors may be more common than previously imagined.
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