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Skin bacterium learns to shrug off antibiotic of last resort

Microbes that are part of the normal human flora have given rise to drug-resistant strains that are now found in healthcare facilities worldwide.
Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria

The bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis has developed resistance to multiple antibiotics, complicating the treatment of people infected with the common microbe. Credit: Eye of Science/SPL

Antibiotic-resistant strains of a bacterium that can cause hospital-acquired infections have spread around the globe.

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Nature 561, 153 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06172-z

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