The often feared and sometimes deadly infections caused by MRSA  – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – are now moving out of hospitals and emerging as an even more virulent strain in community settings and on athletic teams, and raising new concerns about antibiotic resistance.
Right now, the new community-associated strain of MRSA is responsive to more, [...]

In the fight against infected skin wounds, mixing tea tree oil and silver or putting them in liposomes, (small spheres made from natural lipids), greatly increases their antimicrobial activity and minimizes any side effects.
Wan Li Low and colleagues from the University of Wolverhampton presented research at the Society for General Microbiology meeting in Harrogate on [...]