Cara is Norse for song of the swan or swan maiden. Cara was one of the Valkyries who took fallen battle heroes to their reward in Valhalla. The phrase swan song used to describe someone's last hurrah comes from this. This name is also spelled Kara. -- Anonymous User 10/2/2008. To the anonymous person above who claims Cara to be a Norse name having to do Valkyries and swan songs.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (/ÉmÉrÉseÉª/ or /ËmÉrsÉ/) is a bacterium responsible for several difficult-to-treat infections in humans. It is also called oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ORSA).RSA is any strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has developed, through the process of natural selection, resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, which include the penicillins (methicillin, dicloxacillin, nafcillin, oxacillin, etc.) and the cephalosporins.
MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 1  Staphylococcus aureus, often referred to simply as staph, are bacteria commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people. An MRSA BSI is when a patient has a positive test for MRSA in the blood along with evidence of an infection, such as a fever. 2  MRSA BSIs are often secondary infections; that is, the result of an MRSA infection in another place, such as the lungs (pneumonia) or a wound.