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    MRSA is a concern because it is resistant to many antibiotics used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections. It is particularly important in hospitals because hospitals have many people with weakened immune systems who could become infected with MRSA and develop symptoms. Hospitals also place people in close proximity, increasing chances of MRSA infection, though some hospitals mitigate this risk by keeping patients in separate rooms. Hospitals also expose bacteria to a wide range of antibiotics, allowing bacteria to develop resistance through genetic changes.

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    MRSA is a concern because it is resistant to many antibiotics used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections. It is particularly important in hospitals because hospitals have many people with weakened immune systems who could become infected with MRSA and develop symptoms. Hospitals also place people in close proximity, increasing chances of MRSA infection, though some hospitals mitigate this risk by keeping patients in separate rooms. Hospitals also expose bacteria to a wide range of antibiotics, allowing bacteria to develop resistance through genetic changes.

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    Why Is MRSA Particularly Important in Hospitals?

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    MRSA is a concern because it is resistant to many antibiotics used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections. It is particularly important in hospitals because hospitals have many people with weakened immune systems who could become infected with MRSA and develop symptoms. Hospitals also place people in close proximity, increasing chances of MRSA infection, though some hospitals mitigate this risk by keeping patients in separate rooms. Hospitals also expose bacteria to a wide range of antibiotics, allowing bacteria to develop resistance through genetic changes.

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    The concern with MRSA strains of bacteria is that they are resistant to a number of the antibiotics that are

    normally used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections.

    Why is MRSA particularly important in hospitals?

    hospitals contain a large number of people with weakened immune systems who could become infected with MRSA and develop unwanted symptoms in some hospitals, people are in close proximity to each other, which increases the chances of MRSA infecting patients. However, in others patients stay in separate rooms which helps to lower this risk hospitals offer many opportunities for Staphylococcus aureus bacteria to encounter a wide range of antibiotics and, through genetic change and survival, develop resistance to all of them.

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