A Combination of Antibiotics to Kill the MRSA Pathogen (AUDIO)

WashU Medicine

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As problems with resistance to antibiotics get more common, resistant bacteria that cause staph infections are a particularly bad problem. One type of staph infection, caused by a pathogen called MRSA, is very difficult to treat. But researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that using three antibiotic drugs in combination can kill the MRSA pathogen in the test tube and in laboratory mice.

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