The following is an Assertion/Reason question. These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason. Read both statements carefully and then select the correct answer from the options below[table]
Assertion | | Reason Infectious disease caused by the superbug Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be very difficult to treat | Because | MRSA is resistant to the beta-lactam antibiotic methicillin
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The following is an Assertion/Reason question. These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason. Read both statements carefully and then select the correct answer from the options below[table]
Assertion |  | Reason Infectious disease caused by the superbug Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be very difficult to treat | Because | MRSA is resistant to the beta-lactam antibiotic methicillin
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The question presents two statements, an Assertion and a Reason, and asks you to judge their truth values and the relationship between them.
Option A) Both the Assertion and the Reason are true, and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. 
Consider the Assertion: 'Infectious disease caused by the superbug MRSA can be very difficult to treat.' This is an accurate statement in clinical context because MRSA strains are resistant to many standard antibiotics, making infections harder to manage.
Consider the Reason: 'Because MRSA is resistant to the beta-lactam antibiotic methicillin.' This is also true. MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and its defining feature is resistance to methicillin (a beta-lactam). 
Now, does the Reason correctly explain the Assertion? Yes. The difficulty in treatment largely stems from this resistance to methicillin and related beta-lactam antibiotics, which limits effective therapeutic options and necessitates alternative agents or combination therapies.
Option B) Both the Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion. If we accept the Reason as true, it does explain why MRSA infections are hard to treat, so this option would be false because the Reason is indeed a correct explanation.
Option C) The Assertion is true but the Reason is false. This would be inconsistent with the provided Reason being an accurate description of MRSA’s resistance.
Option D) The Assertion is false but the Reason is true. If the Assertion is false, the validity of the Reason becomes moot for explanation, but we know the Assertion is true, so this option is incorrect.
Option E) Both the Assertion and Reason are false. Since both statements are in fact true, this option is incorrect.
In summary, the combination where both statements are true and the Reason adequately explains the Assertion corresponds to the best choice, while the other options misstate the truth values or the explanatory relationship.

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