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'Post antibiotic apocalypse': discourses of mutation in narratives of MRSA.

Sociology of health & illness - 1 May 2009

Brown Brian, Crawford Paul

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In this paper we will consider the question of mutation as it is manifested in press coverage of MRSA in UK hospitals. This represents a fertile field of discourse which brings into focus issues relating to microbes, people and working practices as well as the concepts of risk and vulnerability. A regular feature of reporting has been the presence of explanations for drug resistance involving repeated random...

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PMID: 19144082
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01147.x

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