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Colitis due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Link to WHO Definition

Colitis due to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1681048785

This is an inflammation of the large intestine caused by infection with any strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has developed, through the process of evolution, resistance to the vast majority of beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (methicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, etc.) and the vast majority of cephalosporins.