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Why is methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA) methicillin resistant?
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What is the real term for MRSA?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusORmultidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureusSource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrsa
What is the MRSA microbe scientific name?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
What dose MRSA stand for?
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.
Is MRSA virus reproductive?
MRSA is a bacterium, (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus), not a virus. It does grow, but not like a virus.
Can MRSA be caused from mold or mildew?
MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. It is a bacterial infection, not a fungal infection.
How do you get merca?
MRSA is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, since staph infections are often treated with methicillin the bacteria evolves and builds and immunity to it.
SEPTIC shock due to gram-positive bacteria is caused by?
MRSA-- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
What is mercy's disease?
MRSA is Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. It is a type of staph bacteria) resistant to the antibiotic Methecillin. For more information on MRSA please visit Answers.com.
What is MRSA US 100?
It is one strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with bacteria in their blood.
What has the author Manal M Baddour written?
Manal M. Baddour has written: 'MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) infections and treatment' -- subject(s): Staphylococcus aureus infections, Methicillin resistance
Can MRSA be found in your lungs?
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.
What is Murza?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It may also be referred to as multiple-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(ORSA). MRSA are by definition strains of Staphylococcus aureus that are resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins.
