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AbstractAntimicrobial-resistant (AMR) infections currently claim at least 50,000 lives each yearacross Europe and the US alone, with many hundreds of thousands more dying in other areasof the world. In 15 European countries, more than 10% of bloodstream Staphylococcusaureus infections are caused by methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA), with several of thesecountries seeing resistance rates closer to 50%.1Moreover, while the number of antibiotic-resistant infections is on the rise, the number of new antibiotics is declining.1,2It is thereforeimperative that new, novel treatments of AMR’s are sought, and this is the premise of thisresearch – using natural substances to eradicate MRSA, that do not create further resistance.Chlorine dioxide used in vitro, has been our main focus of this research, as it was the mosteffective, compared to other natural substances tested.Keywords:antimicrobial-resistant, methicillin-resistant strains, staphylococcus aureu,toxic shock syndrome, erythromycin, chlorine dioxide