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单词 MRSA
释义

MRSA

noun

ˌem-ˌär-ˌes-ˈā How to pronounce MRSA (audio) ˈmər-sə How to pronounce MRSA (audio)
: any of several strains of a bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) that are resistant to methicillin and related antibiotics (such as penicillin) and typically live harmlessly on skin and mucous membranes but may cause usually mild infections of the skin or sometimes more severe infections (as of the blood, lungs, or bones) especially in hospitalized or immunocompromised individuals see ca-mrsa

Word History

Etymology

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

MRSA

noun

ˌem-ˌär-ˌes-ˈā, ˈmər-sə How to pronounce MRSA (audio)
: any of several strains of a bacterium (Staphylococcus aureus) that are resistant to methicillin and related antibiotics (such as penicillin) and often live harmlessly on skin and mucous membranes but may cause usually mild infections of the skin or sometimes more severe infections (as of the blood, lungs, or bone) especially in hospitalized or immunocompromised individuals
The rise of superbugs that can survive multiple antibiotics—such as MRSA, the notorious "flesh-eating bacterium"—has turned once-trivial infections into persistent problems. Valerie Ross, Discover
MRSA—methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus—lives harmlessly in the noses and on the skin of millions of people, but can cause serious harm if it enters the body through a cut and reaches the bloodstream, attacking bones and tissue. Bob Meadows, People
But in 2002 strains of MRSA that were also resistant to vancomycin began to emerge in hospitals. Christopher T. Walsh et al., Scientific American
see ca-mrsa

History and Etymology for MRSA

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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