Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | bacterium | Britannica (original) (raw)

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MRSA

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  aureus (VRSA), against which few agents are effective. In addition, the use of teicoplanin, an antibiotic derived from vancomycin, has given rise to teicoplanin-resistant MRSA strains. There are other agents available to treat MRSA infection, though many have limited therapeutic benefit, primarily because of severe side…
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staphylococcus

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  In staphylococcus
  …led to the emergence of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus (VRSA), against which few agents are effective. In 2005 in the United States, deaths from MRSA (approximately 18,000) surpassed deaths from HIV/AIDS (approximately 17,000). While the rate of MRSA bloodstream infections in the United States slowed in the following years, the organism…
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