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MRSA is an abbreviation for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (staph aureus should be italicized). These organisms are the direct result of the misuse and overprescribing of antibiotics. Another organism of even more concern is VRSA, which is Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Vancomycin is usually used as a last resort antibiotic for the treatment of bacterial infections, i.e. it is more potent than methicillin. Both these organsims, MRSA and VRSA, are highly resistant and of great concern in the public health sector. Keep in mind that Staphylococcus is only one bacterial strain, all bacteria have the capacity to develop resistance and furthermore transmit there resistance to other bacteria rapidly. It's quite scary and is a huge issue in public health. There's also been cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, if this type of TB were to become widespread or engineered into a weapon and released it could lead to massive casualty rates and essentially would be uncontrollable. The take home message is to be careful with antibiotics, you might have a viral infection. If you are prescribed them, take them in the exact manner that your doctor has outlined for you and finish the regimen no matter what. You may start feeling better before finishing your antibiotic regimen, that's great, but that doesn't mean that all the bacteria have been cleared out of your system. Antibiotics are prescribed with specific directions for a reason, the reason being to completely wipe out the invading bacteria. If you stop early, you may still have pathogenic bacteria in your system and they may develop resistance to the antibiotic you were prescribed. Your symptoms will return and relief will only come from the use of a different antibiotic. The question is: there's a limited number of antibiotic types, how long will it take the pathogen to be resistant to multiple types or all of them? Especially when you consider bacteria's rapid replication rate and horizontal gene transfer.
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the type of microorganism is MRSA
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