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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Bacillales
  3. Staphylococcaceae
  4. Staphylococcus
  5. Staphylococcus aureus
  6. methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Preferred term

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/282671

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