Cigarette smoke can make MRSA bacterial strains more resistant to antibiotics, new research from the University of Bath has shown.
In addition cigarette smoke exposure can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus — a microbe present in 30 percent to 60 percent of the global population and responsible for many diseases, some fatal — more invasive and persistent, although the effect is not universal across all strains tested.
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