superbug
IPA: sˈupɝbʌg
noun
- (informal) A strain of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics (e.g., MDR, XDR).
- (informal) Any pathogen resistant to many, even all, of the biocides or other agents used to treat similar pathogens.
- (US) An invasive insect, Bemisia tabaci, that is a major pest of vegetable crops, both directly and as a virus vector.
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Examples of "superbug" in Sentences
- Dog sniffs out superbug.
- There is no vaccine for a superbug.
- The superbug hit UVA four years ago.
- Superbug is blamed for young mum's death.
- This is how a superbug traveled the world.
- Superbug was never designed to replace the F 14.
- Enterococcus faecium is another superbug found in hospitals.
- Superbug outbreaks in Ontario hospitals raise worrisome spectre.
- The superbug is already a problem in farm animals on the Continent.
- MELISSA BLOCK, host: A so-called superbug has made its way to this country from India.
- They were victims of a scary "superbug" - a bacterial staph infection for which there is now no known cure.
- Cliff, a two year old beagle with trademark floppy ears, has been trained to sniff out patients infected with a superbug.
- So some very tough feelings out here about the death of this young man from what is now being called the superbug -- Don.
- HARRIS: You know, we have been hearing a lot about the so-called superbug this week with deaths reported in Virginia and Georgia.
- This idea that you can actually take gator blood, it could possibly use in some way to treat burns, ulcerations, even what is known as the superbug, MRSA.
- Medical experts attribute the emergence of the so-called superbug to three factors: the indiscriminate use of antibiotics; patients failing to use all their prescribed antibiotics; and the use of antibiotics in animal feed.
- CHETRY: Well after Brazilian supermodel was killed by an infection now known as the superbug, there are new concerns about this drug-resistant bacteria, how common is it, and if you wind up in a hospital, could you be in danger of catching an infection like this as well?
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