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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004056

A strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is non-susceptible to the action of methicillin. The mechanism of resistance usually involves modification of normal or the presence of acquired penicillin binding proteins.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004056
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectTaxonomic Hierarchy
AbbreviationMRSA
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoStaphylococcus aureus; Antibiotic resistance; Methicillin
TranslationsSpanish: Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004056",
  "term": "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A strain of Staphylococcus aureus that is non-susceptible to the action of methicillin. The mechanism of resistance usually involves modification of normal or the presence of acquired penicillin binding proteins.",
  "abbreviation": "MRSA",
  "subject": "Taxonomic Hierarchy",
  "see_also": [
    "Staphylococcus aureus",
    "antibiotic resistance",
    "methicillin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/methicillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus/"
}

Record 4,004 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.