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MRSA
(redirected from Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

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MRSA
abbreviation for
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a bacterium that enters the skin through open wounds to cause septicaemia and is extremely resistant to most antibiotics. It has been responsible for outbreaks of untreatable infections among patients in hospitals
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MRSA [ˌɛmɑːrɛsˈeɪ] n abbr (=methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) → SAMR m(= staphylococcus aureus méticilline résistant)
MRSA abbr of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus → MRSA m (Keim, gegen den die üblichen Antibiotika unwirksam sind)
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