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Blood pressure drug effective for treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

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Blood pressure drug effective for treating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds
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Infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria are difficult to treat and are responsible for over 2.8 million infections and more than 35,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. A new study in Nature Communications reports that a drug used to lower blood pressure could also be the basis of a promising new treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

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