• Question: @Karen what is the most harmful bacteria and can anything kill it

    Asked by anon-305197 to Karen on 25 Nov 2021.
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      Karen Fung answered on 25 Nov 2021:


      I would say MRSA which stands for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus which is a group of bacteria that is resistant to multiple antibiotics, that means that the bacteria won’t die even when you try to treat it with antibiotics because over time the bacteria has learnt to fight the antibiotic. This makes is hard to treat and doctors have to be very careful when treating it to avoid the bacteria from becoming resistant to more antibiotics. That’s also why a lot of scientists are trying to find new antibiotics 🙂

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