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Antibiotic shows effectiveness against deadly staph infections
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Antibiotic shows effectiveness against deadly staph infections

by Alexis Porter, Duke University Credit: CC0 Public DomainAn antibiotic that has shown effectiveness for bacterial pneumonia also appears successful in fighting methicillin-resistant staph infections, reports a team led by Duke Health. The drug, ceftobiprole, showed similar benefit when tested against the antibiotic daptomycin to treat complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacterial infections. If approved by the...