MRSA is a kind of bacteria — a tiny living thing that can make you ill — that ordinary antibiotic drugs often cannot kill. The letters stand for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: staphylococcus aureus is a common skin germ (people shorten it to staph), and resistant means the old drug methicillin no longer works on it. That is why news stories call it a superbug.

MRSA MRSAis a kind of bacteria是一種細菌(a tiny living thing that can make you ill)（一種可能讓你生病的微小生物）that ordinary antibiotic drugs often cannot kill普通的抗生素藥物通常殺不死它。The letters stand for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus這幾個字母代表methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus（對methicillin具抗藥性的金黃色葡萄球菌）: staphylococcus aureus金黃色葡萄球菌is a common skin germ是一種常見的皮膚細菌(people shorten it to staph)（大家簡稱staph），and resistant而resistant means the old drug methicillin no longer works on it表示舊藥methicillin對它已經沒有用了。That is why這就是為什麼news stories call it a superbug新聞報導叫它超級細菌。

It lives on skin and in noses without always causing trouble, but in a hospital it can get into a wound, a drip line, or the blood, and then it is hard to treat.

It它lives on skin and in noses住在皮膚上和鼻子裡without always causing trouble不一定會造成問題，but in a hospital但在醫院裡it can get into a wound, a drip line, or the blood它可能跑進傷口、點滴管線或血液，and then it is hard to treat那時候就很難治療。

You will meet the word in hospital leaflets and health news, not in everyday chat unless someone has been in hospital.

You你will meet the word in hospital leaflets and health news會在醫院的傳單和健康新聞裡看到這個字，not in everyday chat不會出現在日常聊天裡unless someone has been in hospital除非有人住過院。

Though actually, not every hospital germ is MRSA, and not every staph infection is this one — doctors test for it because the treatment changes if it is. It is serious, but it is not a death sentence in every case; hospitals watch for it so they can use different drugs and keep it from spreading.

Though actually不過其實，not every hospital germ is MRSA不是每種醫院細菌都是MRSA，and not every staph infection is this one也不是每次金黃色葡萄球菌感染都是這一種— doctors test for it醫生會做檢測because the treatment changes if it is因為如果是的話治療方式就不一樣。It is serious它很嚴重，but it is not a death sentence in every case但不代表每個案例都是死刑；hospitals watch for it醫院會留意它so they can use different drugs and keep it from spreading好用不同的藥物並防止它擴散。