SpotlightBenchtoBedsideWithSIDPCdifficileCOVIDVaccineRacePrEPClinicalSeeAll>CoronavirusAntimicrobialStewardshipBlood-BorneDiseasesFood-BorneInfectionsGastrointestinalInfectionsHealthcare-AssociatedInfectionsPreventionRespiratoryDiseasesSexuallyTransmittedDiseasesSkin&SoftTissueDiseasesZoonotic&Vector-BorneDiseasesVideoSeriesInsightsPeerExchangePeersandPerspectivesAboutUsAdvertiseEditorialContactUsDoNotSellMyInformationPrivacyTerms&Conditions©2021MJHLifeSciences™andContagionLive.Allrightsreserved.MRSA-eliminatingBacteriaFoundWithintheHumanBodyJuly29,2016KristiRosaAnewstudyconductedbyAndreasPeschel,PhD,andcolleaguesattheUniversityofTuebingeninGermany,hasshownthatlugdunin,abacterianaturallyproducedbythehumanbody,canbeusedasanantibioticthatcaneliminateMethicillin-ResistantStaphylococcusaureus(MRSA).Inrecentyears,thenumberofinfectionscausedbyantibiotic-resistant(AR)bacteriahasgreatlyincreased,andthus,casesofARbacteriacontinuetobeapublichealthconcern.Inarecentstudy,researchershavediscoveredthatthereisabacterianaturallyfoundinthehumanmicrobiomethatcanbeusedtocombatandeliminateARbacterium,suchasthepotentiallydeadlyMethicillin-ResistantStaphylococcusaureus(MRSA).Staphylococcusaureusisatypeofbacteriathatresidesin30%ofpeoples'noses,accordingtotheCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention(CDC).Inmostcases,thisbacteriumdoesnotcauseitscarrieranyharm.However,aparticularstrainofthisbacterium,MRSA,ispotentiallydeadlysinceitisamulti-drugresistantorganism(MDRO).AccordingtoNature,thisstrainisfoundintwoin100people,andkills11,000peopleintheUnitedStates,annually.AndreasPeschel,PhD,andhiscolleaguesattheUniversityofTuebingeninGermany,reportedthatamoleculecalledlugdunin,producedbythebacteriumStaphylococcuslugdunensis,whichisnaturallyfoundinthehumannose,canbeusedtodevelopaneffectiveantibioticthatcancombatthegrowthofMRSA.Whenaskedabouttheimplicationsofthisdiscovery,JasonC.Gallagher,PharmD,FCCP,FIDSA,BCPS,president,SocietyofInfectiousDiseasesPharmacists,toldContagion,“Thisstudyisreceivingpressforthe