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Of the trillions of bacteria that inhabit ourselves, the harmful ones only 'gain ascendency' when the rest are depleted.

i) Clostridium deficile;

ii) unusual versions of E. coli;

iii) what used to be called 'just' Staphylococcus A - is now very unfortunately known as MRSA - Multi-antibiotic Resistant Staphylococcus A.

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