High HDL cholesterol has been associated with a reduced risk for heart attack, but how it actually reduced the risk remained unclear. It turns out that some mechanisms that raise HDL do not seem to lower the risk of heart attack.
MRSA (methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus) is a type of staphylococcus bacteria (staph) that is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics. MRSA is contagious and can cause life-threatening infection. MRSA isnât found in the natural environment (soil or water).
1 MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a common strain of bacteria found in most animals. 2  Ordinarily a staph infection is harmless and easily treated, however, when these bacteria undergo genetic mutation they become resistant to even the strongest antibiotics available. Ordinarily a staph infection is harmless and easily treated, however, when these bacteria undergo genetic mutation they become resistant to even the strongest antibiotics available. 2  This makes them potentially deadly. 3  Initially a MRSA infection looks like any other skin infection.