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MRSA

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MRSA (usually uncountable, plural MRSAs)

  1. (microbiology, medicine) Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.

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Derived from English MRSA

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MRSA m (strong, genitive MRSAs, no plural)

  1. (molecular biology) Initialism of Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus;
    • 2022 January 20, “1,2 Millionen Tote durch resistente Keime”, in Deutschlandfunk[1]:
      Allein der gefürchtete Krankenhauskeim MRSA - Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus - verursachte demnach 100.000 Todesfälle.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)