Staphylococcus aureus is a spherical, Gram-positive bacterium and a leading cause of death by infection globally. Some strains have developed resistance to multiple antibiotics, often necessitating the use of vancomycin for treatment.
“Today, it is one of the leading causes of death by infection. In 2017, the CDC estimated Staph to be responsible for 119,247 hospitalizations and 19,832 deaths in the US.”
“Today, it is one of the leading causes of death by infection. In 2017, the CDC estimated Staph to be responsible for 119,247 hospitalizations and 19,832 deaths in the US.”
“But almost as soon as physicians started using penicillin, Staph started becoming resistant to it. That is what Staph did. They produced this enzyme called penicillinase that disabled the penicillin antibiotic.”