Anita garcia, 17 years old, and her roommate rosa rosario were celebrating a friend’s birthday at a dessert buffet at a local restaurant when anita developed acute dyspnea, and angioedema. she complained of an itchy rash, and then had difficulty swallowing. rosa drove anita to the emergency room two blocks away rather than wait for an ambulance. as they approached the hospital, anita lost consciousness. this medical emergency would most probably result in immediate before any subsequent treatment.

Explain why methicillin resistant staphlococcus aureus (mrsa) is more prevalent now than it was only 30 years ago. a. antibiotics cause mutations in staphlococcus aureus that lead to an increase in the number of methicillin-resistant strains. b. methicillin resistance causes an infection to spread more rapidly. c. frequent and inappropriate use of methicillin-type antibiotics has provided selective pressure that has resulted in an increase in the proportion of methicillin-resistant strains of staphlococcus aureus. d. diseases like aids have made people more vulnerable to infections from staphlococcus aureus.