Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology Reports Research in Antibiotics

2012 JUN 20 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Researchers detail new data in Antibiotics. According to news reporting out of La Jolla, California, by NewsRx editors, researchers stated "The glycopeptide antibiotics are the most important class of drugs used in the treatment of resistant bacterial infections including those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). After more than 50 years of clinical use, the emergence of glycopeptide-resistant Gram-positive pathogens such as vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) presents a serious global challenge to...

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