Josefa Luxner

Nov 1, 2023 | mdpi.com | Gernot E Zarfel |Julia Schmidt |Josefa Luxner |Andrea Grisold

1. IntroductionMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multiple-resistant pathogen, responsible for a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging from colonization only to mild skin infections up to life-threatening invasive diseases. Since the first description of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in 1961 in the UK, several epidemiological changes have been noted [1,2]. Originally, MRSA were limited to the clinical setting.