The Super Bug is a strain of bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotics. This particular bacteria has become immune to any antibiotic or medication. For this reason, this bacteria has become very difficult to treat. If this bacteria infects a human body, it could cause serious health problems or even death. This superbug has evolved over the past few years and become even more dangerous. Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that is abundant in many places. We can even find it in some of our bodies. These bacteria are harmless as long as none of them are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Methicillin is the name of a family of antibiotics that includes penicillin. This MRSA is a deadly superbug that has become resistant to antibiotics. Statistics show that MRSA contributes to more deaths in the United States than HIV. It has become a huge threat to all countries, as outbreaks can be surprising. This threat is caused by the evolution of the bacteria. These superbugs have developed resistance to antibiotics which makes them extremely difficult to treat. One article states: “In the early 1940s, when penicillin was first used to treat bacterial infections, penicillin-resistant strains of S. aureus were unknown – but by the 1950s, they were common in hospitals. Methicillin was introduced in 1961 to treat these resistant strains, and within a year, doctors discovered methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Today we have strains of MRSA that are simultaneously resistant to a long list of different antibiotics, including vancomycin – often considered our last line of antibacterial defense. [1]Furthermore, one of the ways MRSA has evolved is through horizontal transfer. Horizontal transfer occurs when...... middle of paper...... Confirmed at Hernando High School. " TBO.com. Tampa Media Group, October 31, 2013. Web. April 3, 2014. .Bibliography Haney, Janice. "Superbug, Super-fast Evolution." Superbug, Super-fast Evolution, April 2008. Web. April 3, 2014 . Reinig, Matt. “Two cases of MRSA confirmed at Hernando High School.” com. Tampa Media Group, April 3, 2014. . Thilmany, Jim. March 2013: 10. General scientific collection, April 17 2014. .>