Staphylococcus aureus first developed resistance to the antibiotic methicillin around 200 years ago, according to a large international collaboration including the University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Denmarkâs Serum Statens Instit
New research has found up to 60% of hedgehogs carry a type of MRSA called mecC-MRSA, which causes one in 200 of all MRSA infections in humans. The study f.
Scientists have found evidence that a type of the antibiotic resistant superbug MRSA arose in nature long before the use of antibiotics in humans and livestock, which has traditionally been blamed for its emergence.