Meaning Of The Word MRSA

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MRSA
uncountable noun: MRSA is a bacterium that is resistant to most antibiotics. MRSA is an abbreviation for 'methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus'.

MRSA in American English
a strain of staphylococcus particularly resistant to antibiotics

MRSA in British English
abbreviation for: 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 hospit

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