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What are these

headlines about?

Hospital bug kills 1000 patients a year

Daily TelegraphHospital bug kills 1000 patients a year

Daily Telegraph

New class of antibiotics could be effective against superbugs The Guardian

New class of antibiotics could be effective against superbugs The Guardian

Bug 'ate' OAP's leg

The Sun Bug 'ate' OAP's leg

The Sun

Hospitals losing war against MRSA The Times

Hospitals losing war against MRSA The Times

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MRSA stands for Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is sometimes referred to as a ‘superbug’.

It is a bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics.

New ways of killing antibiotic-resistant bacteria have to be found.

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Microbiologists at Southampton University carried out an experiment using MRSA.What does the experiment show?

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What do the results have to do with this?

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