What is the Spanish for "superbug" please?
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"Superbug" is a term used to describe the MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacterium, which is immune to the usual antibiotics and is often caught by patients in hospital, some of whom die as a result.
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updated Mar 5, 2011
posted by fsroberts
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Don't know and it isn't in any dictionary I own. "Bicho sobrepoderoso" might convey the approximate meaning but doubtful if it's even close to the scientific name.
A Dr. named Molly Martin has a Spanish Language site where she specializes in the jargon of medicine. I haven't seen it for a while, but think I ran across it on the I-tunes blogs quite a while back.
staphylococcus may be the English word for it. If so, try estafilococo as the Spanish equivalent.
updated Mar 5, 2011
edited by Otravez
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