SOCIAL QUESTIONS|health|medical science|therapeutics|antimicrobial resistance
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- antimicrobial resistant pathogen | resistant pathogen | resistant microorganism | drug-resistant organism | drug-resistant microorganism | drug-resistant microbe
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- Definition "pathogen that has developed a resistance to certain antimicrobials that used to kill it or slow its growth" Reference "COM-EN, based on: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Biological Hazards. Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria and Organisms (7.3.2023)"
- Comment Examples of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens include:- MRSA - methicillin/oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus- VRE - vanomycin-resistant enterococci- PRSP - penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae- GISA - glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus- VISA - vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus