The study, conducted by researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that six bacterial ...

The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

With the rising prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ( S .) aureus (MRSA), a multi drug resistant strain, ...

Once it gets into the body, through wounds or medical tubes, it can cause an infection that could kill someone already weakened by illness. In Britain, it is estimated that MRSA and other ...

In a recent publication in Cell Reports Medicine, a collaborative research team led by Chen-Yu Zhang and Huan Wang at Nanjing University, Hongkai Bi at Hainan Medical University, Hong Ling at Harbin ...

An estimated 5,000 people die every year due to infections picked up in hospital. Many of these deaths are due to MRSA - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - the most common 'superbug ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from 2012 through 2022 shows that the number of drug-resistant infections in hospitals has largely gone down, though it is still significant, according to a study ...

The following is a summary of “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in men having sex with men (MSM): a systematic review,” published in the March 2025 issue of BMC Infectious Diseases ...

Given the growing antibiotic resistance crisis, novel ways to target bacterial infections are becoming increasingly important. One potential strategy is to manipulate bacterial genes at the ...