Dalba vancin and oritavancin have shown bactericidal activity against MRSA, VRSA, VRE, and DRSP and are undergoing the final stages of clinical trials (Bradley, 2005; Hoffman-Roberts et al., ...

While the prevalence of VISA and VRSA remains low, concerns about vancomycin resistance and the lack of a clinical or bacteriological response with as many as 18% of MRSA isolates with a ...

A new study reveals that diabetes significantly accelerates the emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus ...

Patients colonized with AMR pathogens showed high risk for infection with the same pathogen for up to 2 years, indicating a time window for decolonization interventions.

Specialty pharmaceutical companies Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. and SciClone Pharmaceuticals (Holdings) Limited ("SciClone Pharmaceuticals" or "SciClone") today announced the NMPA (National Medical ...

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) are critical pathogens identified by the WHO for their significant drug resistance.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether combination therapy of phage and vancomycin is capable of clearing Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-like aggregates formed in human synovial fluid. Failure ...

Although the typical antibiotic treatment for MRSA septic arthritis is a 3-week course of intravenous vancomycin, this approach was avoided in this patient, given his injection-drug use.

Texas A&M researchers have found that curcumin, when activated by light, can weaken antibiotic-resistant bacteria, restoring ...

The researchers showed that when curcumin is intentionally given to bacteria as food and then activated by light, it can trigger deleterious reactions within these microbes, eventually killing them.

MRSA and [vancomycin-resistant enterococci],” he said. Using the model and data from the EMRs, the researchers simulated pathogen transmission between patients, HCWs and the environment.

In 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in a Nevada hospital. A woman, admitted for pneumonia, tragically succumbed to multiple ...