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单词 flesh-eating bacterium
释义

flesh-eating bacterium

noun

plural flesh-eating bacteria
: a bacterium (such as a Group A streptococcus or MRSA) that causes necrotizing fasciitis
Blunt trauma that doesn't tear the skin can also permit entry of flesh-eating bacteria, according to the CDC. Susan Scutti and Jen Christensen
The rise of superbugs that can survive multiple antibiotics—such as MRSA, the notorious "flesh-eating bacterium"—has turned once-trivial infections into persistent problems. Valerie Ross
… the notorious streptococcus strain known as "the flesh-eating bacterium." Laurie Garrett

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

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