A new treatment to combat a hospital-acquired superbug has been discovered by researchers at the University of California. This potentially life-saving treatment, which has been tested on mice, has been identified as a combination of two existing antibiotics. In clinical trials, the combination of the antibiotics showed a dramatic reduction in the number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. MRSA is a dangerous superbug that is highly resistant to antibiotics, and is easily spread in hospitals. The results of the research show that this new treatment could provide a much-needed solution to this serious health problem.

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source: Phys.org