CAMPBELL BIOLOGY-W/MOD.MASTERBIOLOGY
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134683461
Author: Urry
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22.3, Problem 1CC
Explain how the following Statement is inaccurate: "Antibiotics have created drug resistance in MRSA."
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