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Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA in Livestock May Spread to Humans     "...  Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a strain of staph bacteria that does not respond to antibiotics used to treat staph infections. About two out of every 100 people carry this strain of staph, according to the National Institutes of Health, and infections can be minor to severe.   ....   Once the strain infected livestock, the strain likely changed into several different types, some of which are resistant to various antibiotics, said Fitzgerald, and it is now a two-way street.    ....   The overuse of antibiotics in food animals for growth promotion allows for various strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria   ....."