Rise of MRSA

  • Penicillin Widely Used

  • 50% of Staphylococcus aureus Resistant to Penicillin

  • Methicillin Created - First human made semi-synthetic Penicillin targeted at Staph aureus

  • First Methicillin Resistant Strain of Staph aureus discovered

  • MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus spread across Europe and Americas

  • Nearly 60% of Staph aureus is Methicillin resistant