To make MRSA matters even worse, in 2002, health care workers reported the first cases of vancomycin-resistant MRSA. In other words, even "last-resort" vancomycin doesn't always work. Therein lies ...

Researchers have discovered saarvienin A, a novel glycopeptide antibiotic from a rare earth mine bacterium. It shows potent ...

Penicillin came from Penicillium, a fungus found in soil, and vancomycin came from a bacterium found in dirt ... kill species including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and ...

Vancomycin is the first-choice treatment for MRSA-infected newborns; studies on efficacy of mupirocin for patient decolonization show controversial results. The impact of MRSA infections in NICU ...

The impact of combination therapy upon the need for aggressive vancomycin dosing was not discussed ... other antimicrobials in the treatment of MRSA bacteremia with a vancomycin MIC of 2.0 mg ...