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A spinal injury surgeon is confident that his ongoing research will help to reduce the risk of patients suffering infections during operations.

Contracting an infection, such as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), during a back operation can cause spinal injury complications.

But having spent ten years researching ways to reduce infections, Dr Fred Sweet told the Gatehouse News Service that he has made a breakthrough by putting an antibiotic directly onto the body.

He explained: "By putting it directly in the wound, its poor absorption by the body means it's not toxic to the kidneys.

"Another advantage is that, because it's not easily absorbed, it stays at very high concentrations in the wound."

Meanwhile, researchers from a number of institutions including Rockefeller and Bath universities are using genome sequencing to track a particularly virulent strain of MRSA, which has travelled across continents.

The findings help to document the evolution of the infection across timescales and geographical regions.

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