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.
    

concept

Sleepless Britain.

Contaminated blood : the search for the truth.

Falling and laughing : the restoration of Edwyn Collins / by Grace Maxwell.

MRSA.

Autobiography of a disease / Patrick Anderson.

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Catalogue

Sleepless Britain.

Contaminated blood : the search for the truth.

Falling and laughing : the restoration of Edwyn Collins / by Grace Maxwell.

MRSA.

Autobiography of a disease / Patrick Anderson.