A new study highlights the potential of light-activated curcumin to decrease resistance diversity in antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, reinforcing photodynamic inactivation as a promising ...

Staphylococcus aureus employs a multifaceted arsenal to evade the action of antibiotics. Central to β-lactam resistance is the mecA determinant, which encodes penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a) ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive pathogen whose robust cell wall underpins both viability and virulence. The central scaffold of this structure is peptidoglycan, a mesh of glycan strands cross ...

British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn of the dangers of antibiotic resistance. In his 1945 Nobel Prize speech, 27 ...

Children with a penicillin allergy label faced significantly higher risks for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization, surgical site infections, and all-cause mortality than ...

Scientists have discovered the mechanism which allows the superbug methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to become highly resistant to antibiotics, paving the way for new approaches to ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become the scourge of the practices of medicine and nursing, particularly in the hospital setting. Pharmacologic innovations can barely keep pace with the ...

Antimicrobial resistance now challenges routine surgical procedures and increases infection risks. Surgeons warn that losing ...

A global study has found New Zealand doctors are using too many antibiotics, risking the growth of superbugs.

Infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria are difficult to treat and are responsible for over 2.8 million infections and more than 35,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. A new study in Nature ...