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Nature Medicine 13, 1418 - 1420 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1207-1418

Secrets of a superbug

Franklin D Lowy1

  1. Franklin D. Lowy is at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, New York 10032, USA. e-mail: fl189@columbia.edu


Two studies examine why community-acquired strains of Staphylococcus aureus are so good at burrowing into flesh and wreaking havoc on the body (pages 1405–1406 and 1510–1514).


"Staph fatalities may exceed AIDS deaths" and "Thousands of families contract possibly fatal infections from drug-resistant staph 'Superbug'" (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=3737514