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Evidence-based news, research updates, and plain-language guides on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — for patients, families, and clinicians.

~120K
U.S. invasive infections per year
~20K
Associated deaths annually
1 in 3
People carry S. aureus on skin or nose
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  1. 01Jun 10, 2026
    In Vitro Susceptibility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to Ceftaroline: A Prospective Observational Study From a Tertiary Care Hospital in North India
    Cureus
  2. 02Jun 10, 2026
    The protective effect of Schisandrin C against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced otitis media
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  3. 03Jun 10, 2026
    The β-lactam adjuvant guanosine potentiates anti-folate antibiotics and pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors by depleting thymidine in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  4. 04Jun 10, 2026
    Multidrug-resistant organism carriage in Vietnamese district hospitals before and after an antimicrobial stewardship intervention
    Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
  5. 05Jun 10, 2026
    Thiophene-Engineered Lipid II Recognition Enables Potent Membranolytic Eradication of MRSA
    Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
  6. 06Jun 9, 2026
    Early Combination Therapy for MRSA Bacteremia: Double Coverage or Double Trouble?
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  7. 07Jun 9, 2026
    Prevalence of diphtheria and antimicrobial-resistant wound infections among asylum seekers in Heidelberg, Germany, August-October 2024
    PloS one
  8. 08Jun 9, 2026
    Platelet Dynamics in MSSA and MRSA bacteremia: Distinct Patterns and Prognostic Implications
    International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
  9. 09Jun 8, 2026
    Optimizing dalbavancin dosing for complicated MRSA infections: a multicenter population pharmacokinetic study
    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  10. 10Jun 8, 2026
    Molecular Diversity and Comparison of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element in Hospital- and Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Pakistan
    International journal of microbiology
  11. 11Jun 8, 2026
    Synergistic and multi-targeting efficacy of Acalypha wilkesiana and Mirabilis jalapa: an integrated in-vitro and in-silico investigation against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    In silico pharmacology
  12. 12Jun 5, 2026
    Integrated control of MRSA biological contamination via SarA-targeting γ-mangostin: A green natural antimicrobial strategy
    Journal of hazardous materials
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