superbug — ozdic

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VERB + SUPERBUG

fight

Definitions

noun

1

A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR).

But now we’re seeing increasing numbers of superbugs that survive antibiotics. One of the best-known [is] MRSA, a kind of staph infection [that] kills about 18,000 Americans annually. That’s more than die of AIDS.

2

Any pathogen resistant to many, even all, of the biocides or other agents used to treat similar pathogens.

3

An invasive insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a major pest of vegetable crops, both directly and as a virus vector.

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But now we’re seeing increasing numbers of superbugs that survive antibiotics. One of the best-known [is] MRSA, a kind of staph infection [that] kills about 18,000 Americans annually. That’s more th

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Gilmore said scientists are studying the pathogen's genes to identify targets for the development of new weapons to fight the superbug.

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