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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. 01Aug 1, 2026
    Pam3Csk4 regulates glycolysis in PMN-MDSCs and attenuates their immunosuppressive effect on T cells
    Cytotechnology
  2. 02Jun 15, 2026
    Phototheranostic Sutures Integrated with NIR-II Emissive Photosensitizers for Postoperative Complication Prevention and Non-invasive Monitoring
    Journal of the American Chemical Society
  3. 03Jun 15, 2026
    Targeting the stringent response alters gene expression and extracellular vesicle RNA in Staphylococcus aureus
    Microbiology spectrum
  4. 04Jun 15, 2026
    Whole-genome sequencing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates after a decade-long decline in MRSA prevalence at a university referral hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico: clonal concentration in MRSA and greater genetic diversity in MSSA
    Microbiology spectrum
  5. 05Jun 15, 2026
    Phage-derived endolysin prevents dissemination of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus during oral co-infection with Candida albicans
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  6. 06Jun 13, 2026
    Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance analysis of staphylococcus aureus isolated from women, children and neonates in a maternal and child specialty hospital in Southeast China
    BMC infectious diseases
  7. 07Jun 12, 2026
    A Rare Case of Sacral Decubitus Injury Causing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bacteremia With a Spinal Abscess
    Cureus
  8. 08Jun 12, 2026
    Inside-Outside ROS Therapeutic Strategy Based on Piezoelectric Nano-Urchin for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Biofilm Infections
    Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
  9. 09Jun 12, 2026
    Early cell-wall stress signatures enable 20-min ATR-FTIR discrimination of MRSA and MSSA
    Scientific reports
  10. 10Jun 12, 2026
    Whole-genome sequencing of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates across hospitals in Mwanza, Tanzania
    Access microbiology
  11. 11Jun 11, 2026
    Magnolol nanoparticles combat MRSA by disrupting TCA cycle and arginine metabolism to induce oxidative stress
    Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
  12. 12Jun 10, 2026
    Disseminated Thoracic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Patient on Haemodialysis
    Respirology case reports
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