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A MRSA infection is also known as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA and also Hospital-acquired MRSA (HA-MRSA), which not only define what it is but how it is acquired. MRSA is an infection. It is a unique infection simply because it is an infection with a strain of Staphyloccoccus aureaus bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics recognized as beta-lactams. These beta-lactams antibiotics include commonly prescribed antibiotics methicillin, amoxicillin and penicillin.
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