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MRSA
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛm.ɑːɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ RP initialism
en /ˈɛm.ɑɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ GA initialism, en /ˈmɝsə/ acronym
Noun
- s
en microbiology medicine en methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus species; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.
Hyponyms
en CA-MRSA
en HA-MRSA
Related terms
en MRSE, en MSSA, en ORSA
en VRE, en VRSA
Translations
initialism or acronym for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Finnish: fi MRSA
French: fr SARM m
German: de MRSA
Italian: it MRSA
Polish: pl MRSA
Portuguese: pt SARM
Spanish: es SARM m
Further reading
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Anagrams
en amrs M.R.A.S. ASMR Rams Masr AMRs ASRM rasm arms MARS ARMs mars S/MAR MRAs SARM mas'r Mars MSAR RAMs SRAM rams
German
Etymology
de en MRSA
Pronunciation
de De-MRSA.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.sg
de molecular biology de Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus species;
de 1,2 Millionen Tote durch resistente Keime https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/antibiotika-resistenz-103.html 2022-01-20 Deutschlandfunk Allein der gefürchtete Krankenhauskeim MRSA - Methicillin-resistenter Staphylococcus aureus - verursachte demnach 100.000 Todesfälle. https://web.archive.org/web/20251023050648/https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/antibiotika-resistenz-103.html 23 October 2025