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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

"Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 65 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2018
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