Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according to a new study. Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to develop durable vancomycin resistance, according ...

Drugmakers must focus on developing new antibiotics to fight hospital “superbugs” including meningitis and other infections that can resist last-line treatments, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Scientists have discovered how the hospital superbug C.diff rapidly evolves resistance to the frontline drug used for treatment in the UK. Scientists have discovered how the hospital superbug C.diff ...

The antibiotic vancomycin, recommended as first-line treatment for infection caused by the deadly superbug C. difficile (C. diff), may not be living up to its promise, according to new research from ...

In the United States, drug-resistant bacteria and fungi infect almost three million people per year and kill about 35,000. Antibiotics are essential and effective. However, in recent years overuse has ...

Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) radiating from its ancestor show the development of mutants that may someday pose a threat in the clinic. Staphylococcus aureus has the potential to ...