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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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Latest on MRSA

  1. 01Jun 2, 2026
    Swab Testing to Optimize Pneumonia Treatment With Empiric Vancomycin: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  2. 02Jun 2, 2026
    Mortality and Length of Stay Associated With Community-Acquired Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections: An Observational Study in 9 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  3. 03Jun 1, 2026
    Rapid exploration of anti-MRSA components from plants of Salvia
    Natural products and bioprospecting
  4. 04Jun 1, 2026
    Service Ready Ambulance Surfaces and Emergency Medical Services Clinicians are Routinely Contaminated with Clinically Important Pathogens
    Prehospital emergency care
  5. 05Jun 1, 2026
    Antibiotic De-escalation and 30-day mortality in patients with suspected bacterial culture-negative Sepsis
    Journal of critical care
  6. 06Jun 1, 2026
    Unveiling the antibacterial activity and mechanisms of BMS-303141 against Staphylococcus aureus
    BMC microbiology
  7. 07Jun 1, 2026
    Bacteriological spectrum, antimicrobial susceptibility, and year-to-year variation among referred culture-positive presumed chronic suppurative otitis media specimens in a Syrian reference laboratory (2022-2025)
    BMC microbiology
  8. 08Jun 1, 2026
    Companion animals as potentially important reservoir of methicillin-resistant and virulent strains of coagulase-positive Staphylococcus spp
    BMC veterinary research
  9. 09Jun 1, 2026
    A Self-Cascading Immunomodulatory Hydrogel for Remodeling Infected Diabetic Wounds
    Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
  10. 10Jun 1, 2026
    Beyond livestock: the genomic evolution and expansion of MRSA CC398 as a healthcare- and community-associated pathogen (2017-2024)
    Microbial genomics
  11. 11May 30, 2026
    Control of a hospital outbreak with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus argenteus in The Netherlands, June-September 2023
    Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
  12. 12May 28, 2026
    Plant-derived chitosan nanoparticles: antibacterial and improved crop performance under drought stress
    PeerJ
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