MRSA stands for methicilin-resistant staph aureus. MRSA is a type of staph, and a MRSA infection is a kind of staph infection.
Usually it can be treated with antibiotics.
MRSA - methicillin-resistant staph aureus
MRSA In the LungsYes, MRSA, (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), which is caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, more commonly called "staph," can be found in the lungs and can cause serious, and even fatal, pneumonia.
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). Many people mistakenly call it "mersa" but the name is the acronym MRSA.Methicillin is a type of antibiotic---a super strong antibiotic.Resistant means the bacteria (Staph) has developed ways to fight the antibiotic, or "resist" it.Staphylococcus Aureus is the scientific and medical name for the kind of bacteria, often simply referred to as Staph or Staph A.
You are probably referring to methicillin resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) infection - an infection that is caused by the bacteria, Staph aureus, that has become resistant to most antibiotics. Yes I am but I asked what is it to define it mercer dease
MRSA (methylcillian resistant staph aureus) is a staph infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. There are many kinds of staph germs. If you have MRSA your infection will not "look" any different than someone with non-MRSA staph. A person can "carry" the MRSA germ without ever actually having the infection. If they have an open wound, the germ can infect it (via touch/contact) and cause the wound to have a hard time healing until super strong antibiotics are used. Once someone has MRSA, they are considered "positive" always. Summary: You can be "contagious" and NEVER show symptoms.
MRSA is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, since staph infections are often treated with methicillin the bacteria evolves and builds and immunity to it.
MRSA is a form of staph. Staph is bacterial
MRSA is metycilin resistent staphylococcus aureus, meaning that the bacteria SA is resistant to the antibiotic metycilin(I think I wrote the name correct) MRSA is Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus . It is a bacterial infection caused by a strain of Staph aureus which are resistant to most antibiotics and thus difficult to eradicate. It emerged in 1961 after Methicillin was used to treat this infection. It is now one of the most common Hospital acquired infections.
The term "superbug" refers to bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics, making them difficult to treat. Examples include MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and CRE (Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae).
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