MRSA is an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) superbug that causes over 120,000 deaths per year. Given the urgent need for new, more effective antibiotics and a lack of MRSA vaccines, understanding ...

Resistance development of MRSA has become a global health problem. New resistance types, such as vancomycin-resistant S. aureus, have been recently developed. Novel antibiotics, such as linezolid ...

When that happens, your infection will be said to be antibiotic resistant, and your physician will have to prescribe a different drug to combat it. MRSA: The Spread of Drug Resistance In fact ...

MRSA was once eradicated reliably by vancomycin (Vancocin AE), an antibiotic of the glycopeptide class. With time, the MRSA bacteria became resistant to vancomycin and vancomycin-resistant ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph bacteria that is highly resistant to common antibiotics. Many people carry the MRSA bacteria harmlessly on their skin ...

The antibody from Chicago-based Immunartes is designed to neutralize the immune-evasive mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus.

MRSA (pronounced MUR-suh), seen here as purple spheres, is the abbreviation for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that can cause a severe infection in ...

The US accounts for 80% to 90% of the total market for anti-MRSA antibiotics, so FDA approval is key to growing ceftobiprole's revenues, currently a minor part of its CHF 131 million ($137 million ...

Public health officials are concerned that we could move back into a situation like that of the early 20th century, before antibiotics were discovered.

Antibiotic treatment during an influenza infection actually impaired the body’s efforts to clear bacteria rather than helping the body heal.

Each year, from Nov. 18 to Nov. 24, the CDC’s U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week raises awareness about antimicrobial resistance and encourages the appropriate use of antibiotics and antifungals.

Testing market is projected to expand steadily over the next decade, rising from an estimated USD 4.3 billion in 2025 to USD ...