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Antibiotic and MRSA

3 March, 2010 (14:00) | 1. Mon | By: nileshbabu

photo credit: kaibara87 First – What is MRSA? Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. MRSA is by definition any strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that is resistant to a large group of antibiotics called the beta-lactams, which include the penicillins and the cephalosporins.