This is a colored transmission electron micrograph of MRSA -Methicillin Resistance staptycoccus aureus. a gram positive, round (coccus) bacterium.
It is resistant to many commonly prescribed antibiotics. S.aureus is carried by around 30% of population without causing any symptoms. However in vulnerable people such as those that have recently had surgey, it can cause wound infection,pneumonia and blood poisoning.
