meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
B2CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
A strain of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, commonly implicated in healthcare-associated infection.
The wound swab grew meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, so we started vancomycin.
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