薬やく剤ざい耐たい性せい菌きん

noun

drug-resistant bacterium; drug-resistant bacteria

Medical term for bacteria that have acquired resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Often used in contexts of antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections.

• 薬やく剤ざい耐たい性せい菌きんの出しゅつ現げんは世せ界かい的てきな問もん題だいです。

  The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria is a global problem.

• この病びょう院いんでは薬やく剤ざい耐たい性せい菌きんの院いん内ない感かん染せんを防ふせぐ対たい策さくを強きょう化かしている。

  This hospital is strengthening measures to prevent nosocomial infections with drug-resistant bacteria.