Researchers show that pediatric Staphylococcus lugdunensis infections are a cause for concern and may be associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunts Their results confirm that flucloxacillin can be ...

LONDON – Scientists in Germany have discovered a bacteria hiding out in peoples' noses that produces an antibiotic compound that can kill several dangerous pathogens, including the superbug MRSA. The ...

A potential lifesaver lies unrecognized in the human body: Scientists have discovered that Staphylococcus lugdunensis which colonizes in the human nose produces a previously unknown antibiotic. As ...

SAN DIEGO — Staphylococcus lugdunensis is underestimated as a cause of hospital-acquired osteoarticular infection, and should be treated aggressively, researchers reported here at the Interscience ...

Background. Staphylococcus lugdunensis is an emerging cause of endocarditis. To cause endovascular infections, S. lugdunensis requires mechanisms to overcome shear stress. We investigated whether ...

Bacteria known to cause skin and soft tissue infections were uncovered in microbiological studies of the skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), with nearly 60% of cultures dominated by ...

Your mother told you early and often not to stick your finger up there. But scientists say they have reached into the human nose and picked out something really special — a potential new medicine to ...

A new class of antibiotics has been discovered - and it was right under our noses all along. The discovery led to the development of a drug known as lugdunin, which could be used to treat superbug ...

With antibiotic-resistant super bugs on the rise, researchers are on an urgent hunt for other bacteria that might yield chemicals we can harness as powerful drugs. Scientists once found most of these ...

German researchers have found a bacteria that produces an antibiotic able to combat the often-resistant pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, and it’s in the human nose. The antibacterial substance, which ...

13:28, Thu, Jul 28, 2016 Updated: 13:57, Thu, Jul 28, 2016 Scientists said the resulting drug, called lugdunin is made naturally by Staphylococcus lugdunensis - which is one of a number of different ...