Word: strainingly
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...study was motivated by Hiramatsu's 1996 discovery of vancomycin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) in a four-month-old male infant suffering from staphylococcus aureus infection after open-heart surgery. The patient failed to respond to vancomycin therapy and was cured only with a combination of other antibiotics. The strain was named Mu50 and became known as the world's first case of VRSA...
Hiramatsu also discovered that several strains of staphylococcus aureus--namely the Mu3 strain--had the potential of developing into VRSA. Hiramatsu reported that after repeated treatment with vancomycin, Mu3 developed a resistance level equal to Mu50, the VRSA strain. With each dosage of vancomycin the doctor prescribed, the more resistant the population grew, until it became just steps away from full-blown resistance...
However, doctors say patients underestimate how quickly the bacteria can spread. A study done by the New York City Health Department showed that 470 strains of methillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from around the world all descended from a single MRSA strain from Cairo, Egypt...
Finally, in response to the strain of the antiwar years, the administration took definitive action, as Robert S. Sturgis '44, president of the 70th Guard, enumerated the results in a letter to the editors...
...strain showed most publicly on the face of White House Spokesman Mike McCurry, whose scowl before reporters today broke only when he talked about leaving the podium. But Branegan says that for the Administration, the spin is simple: Just keep going. "The idea, for everyone from Clinton on down, is to hunker down and redouble their efforts." And hope that this scandal, like all the others, never quite comes home to roost...