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- Methicillin (USAN), also known as meticillin (INN), is a narrow-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class. Methicillin was discovered in 1960...
- resistance and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). The bacterium is a worldwide problem in clinical...
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a group of gram-positive bacteria that are genetically distinct from other strains of Staphylococcus...
- and sulfonamides. Methicillin resistance is particularly widespread, with 75-90% of hospital isolates resistance to methicillin. Resistant organisms...
- surgery to prevent Staphylococcus infections. It is not effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It is taken by mouth or given...
- parts sulfamethoxazole. It is used to treat urinary tract infections, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections, travelers' diarrhea...
- the mecA gene, which confers resistance to beta-lactam drugs. However, methicillin resistance can still be identified reliably using biochemical or phenotypic...
- MRSA is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium. MRSA may also refer to: MrsA (gene), for the enzyme 2-Ketoarginine methyltransferase...
- Staphylococcus aureus. It is present in the majority of community-****ociated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) isolates studied and is the...
- such as methicillin, penicillin and other penicillin-like antibiotics. The bacteria strain most commonly known to carry mecA is methicillin-resistant...