Scientists Find a New Toxin That May be Key to MRSA Severity
Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 06:42
in Health & Medicine
A research project to identify all the surface proteins of USA300 -the most common community-associated strain of the methicillin-resistant form of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) -has resulted in the identification and isolation of a plentiful new toxin that laboratory studies indicate is a potent killer of human immune cells.