Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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- initialism microbiology, medicine
Methicillin -resistant Staphylococcus aureus .
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Examples
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However, the term MRSA is generally used for the bacterium resistant to a wide range of antibiotics.
[mrsa and harborview] how executive decisions threaten lives 2008
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However, the term MRSA is generally used for the bacterium resistant to a wide range of antibiotics.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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MRSA is a very serious thing, but hysteria is never helpful.
MRSA - Great Advice from Dr Rob aka TBTAM 2007
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Researchers also found no difference between the treatments in how much bacteria was in the ulcers, including a particularly dangerous one called MRSA short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Researchers also found no difference between the treatments in how much bacteria was in the ulcers, including a particularly dangerous one called MRSA (short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus).
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In medical shorthand it is called MRSA, which is a super bug that defies almost every antibiotic in our current arsenal.
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We discovered that more than half 52% of neckties worn by doctors were contaminat ed with Staphylococcus and out of these, 62% of them were identified as MRSA.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Already, there's one bacteria type, called MRSA, that is EXTREMELY resistant to almost all antibiotics.
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While the organisms do not receive as much attention as the one known as MRSA - for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - some infectious-disease specialists say they could emerge as a bigger threat.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW POLLACK 2010
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Such infections often are referred to by the acronym MRSA, for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
unknown title 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word MRSA
The other examples for this one are interesting, too. One calls MRSA a "super bug" and others seem to come from an article about using maggots to combat it. Bugs versus bugs.
February 28, 2015