Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

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Term information

Subsets

NCIT_C66830, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C85491

ALT DEFINITION

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Staphylococcus aureus and is resistant to methicillin.

Preferred Name

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Semantic Type

Bacterium

UMLS CUI

C1265292

code

C123515

definition

A species of Gram-positive coccus-shaped bacterium in the family Micrococcaceae. This strain of S. aureus is resistant to methicillin and other beta-lactam antibiotics through the expression of penicillin-binding proteins acquired from other species.

exactMatch

MRSA

has exact synonym

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

MRSA

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

AB MRSA

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Term relations

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