MRSA

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.ɑːɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ (initialism)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛm.ɑɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ (initialism), IPA^(key): /ˈmɝsə/ (acronym)

Noun

MRSA (usually uncountable, plural MRSAs)

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

Hyponyms

• CA-MRSA
• HA-MRSA

Related terms

• MRSE, MSSA, ORSA
• VRE, VRSA

Translations

initialism or acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Finnish: MRSA (fi)
• French: SARM m
• German: MRSA (de)
• Italian: MRSA
• Polish: MRSA
• Portuguese: SARM
• Spanish: SARM m

Further reading

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ARMs, ASMR, ASRM, M.R.A.S., MARS, MRAs, MSAR, Mars, Masr, RAMs, Rams, SARM, SRAM, arms, mars, mas'r, rams, rasm

German

Etymology

Derived from English MRSA

Pronunciation

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Noun

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)