Scientists find new groundbreaking antibiotic in the human noseScientists have discovered a bacteria living inside the human nose that produces an antibiotic capable of killing one of the most hard-to-treat pathogens, which causes serious, even deadly skin and wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia. "Some mice just licked off the antibiotic," Peschel said. Those differences are evidence that bacteria in the nose help keep staphylococcus aureus at bay, according to the study. This nostril-dwelling bacterium is also a species of Staphylococcus bacteria called S. lugdunensis. The German researchers said lugdunin also is not prone to causing staphylococcus aureus to develop resistance.

Source: Stuff July 27, 2016 19:07 UTC