Discussion post on Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin Resistant (MRSA) – nursing homework essays

Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Resistant (MRSA) is thechosen microbe.
 
You must find a news article on your chosen microbe published in the last 12 months in a mainstream, media-outlet-based, mass-distributednews source where the general public (even Grandma or Aunt Sally) gets theirdaily news. This newsarticle will be your main reference.  You must read for understanding,then tell us about the news report in your discussion.   Youmust write a review of the news article contents, discuss what type ofmicroorganism it is, and if the organism is in nature or is used in industry orresearch or causes disease. If it causes disease you must discuss transmission,increasing incidence, factors contributing to the spread of the organism, labculturing, etc
You may use government-basedor other scholarly references only as secondaryinformation, to explain details missing from your news article above,such as, what kind of organism it is, the gram reaction, how the organismaffects us, or follow-up information not known at the time of the news releasebut has been provided since that time.
 Your discussion should be well-written,in your own words, paraphrasing from only credible academic sources. You maynot directly quote from your sources; minimum elaboration on the topic ofa minimum of 300 words and a maximum of 400 words.