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methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-aminoglycoside resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA An organism with multiple antibiotic resistances–eg, aminoglycosides, chloramphenicol, clindamycin, erythromycin, rifampin, tetracycline, streptomycin, cephalosporin; some strains of MRSA have ↓ sensitivity to antiseptics Treatment Vancomycin. See Antibiotic resistance.


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Successful termination of a furunculosis outbreak due to lukS-lukF-positive, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a German village by stringent decolonization, 2002-2005.
An SSI caused by MRSA has a significantly higher mortality rate and more extensive hospitalization stays than SSIs caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
Prospective comparison of risk factors and demographic and clinical characteristics of community-acquired, methicillin-resistant versus methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection in children.
 
 
 
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