Genes key to staph disease severity, drug resistance found hitchhiking together
Friday, July 31, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
Scientists studying Staphylococcus bacteria, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), have discovered a potent staph toxin responsible for disease severity. They also found the gene for the toxin traveling with a genetic component of Staphylococcus that controls resistance to antibiotics.