How to Use methicillin in a Sentence
methicillin
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The superbug is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, a broad-spectrum group which includes methicillin as well as oxacillin and the cephalosporins.
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Ranjit Devraj,
Quartz India,
23 July 2019
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The bacteria involved are resistant to not only methicillin but also amoxicillin, penicillin and oxycillin.
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Cathie Anderson,
sacbee,
19 Mar. 2018
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Recluse spider lesions can be misdiagnosed due to their similarity to sores from bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus.
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Matthew Cordes,
The Conversation,
6 Apr. 2026
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Health providers did manage to cut central line infections in half as planned, but the same goal for halving the number of methicillin-resistant staph infections, often called MRSA infections, only dropped by 36 percent.
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Paul Sisson,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
3 Feb. 2018
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The autopsy showed his condition was the result of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia that, according to the Cleveland Clinic, is a type of MRSA staph infection resistant to antibiotics.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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