Protect yourself from the MRSA “superbug,” from the Harvard Men's Health Watch
MRSA behaves much like other staph, usually existing in the nose or on the skin without causing disease, sometimes causing mild infections, and occasionally causing life-threatening ones. MRSA is vulnerable to special antibiotics. Doctors usually rely on vancomycin to treat hospitalized patients, but there are other useful drugs.
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