British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...

With frightening speed, certain microbes evolve defenses against every antibiotic we throw at them. Staph aureus is a sobering case in point.

As with penicillin, only a year passed after this semi-synthetic penicillin was released before methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (MRSA) was reported. Initially, MRSA only appeared in hospitals ...

It is shown that the common laboratory frog (Rang vernalis) is highly refractive to a strain of Staphylococcus aureus virulent to man. This immunity does not depend on the low body temperature of the ...

An international research group led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug ...

A batch of SinuCleanse nasal wash has been recalled nationwide due to Staphylococcus aureus contamination. The bacteria can cause staph infections, which can have serious and potentially life ...