MRSA stands for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. MRSA first burst upon the scene in 1961, approximately two years after the antibiotic methicillin was first used to treat S. aureus and other bacterial infections.
MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) also called the "super bug", is a bacterial skin infection that can be serious and even deadly.
MRSA is a Staph (bacterial) skin infection. MRSA stands for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Normally Staph bacteria can be found on our skin and is harmless; unless they enter the skin through an opening like a cut, scrape, burn, surgical opening or wound.

