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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. 01Oct 1, 2026
    Longitudinal surveillance and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from livestock carcasses in South Korea: A 12-year nationwide study (2013-2024)
    Food microbiology
  2. 02Jun 1, 2026
    Host-Pathogen Dual Targeting With Repurposed Drugs Identifies a Synergistic Therapy for Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus
    MicrobiologyOpen
  3. 03May 29, 2026
    Quaternary Ammonium-Cu(2)O Nanocomposite with Synergistic Multimode Antibacterial Action for Eradicating MRSA and Mitigating Resistance Development
    ACS applied bio materials
  4. 04May 29, 2026
    Antiseptic chitosan acetate-chlorhexidine spray for wound cleaning
    Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine
  5. 05May 29, 2026
    Current reported practices in surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and infection prevention in primary arthroplasty: an open web-based survey among orthopedic specialists in Türkiye
    BMC musculoskeletal disorders
  6. 06May 28, 2026
    Gallium Protoporphyrin and Lipid Crystalline Nanoparticles Promote the Activity of Ampicillin against MRSA
    ACS infectious diseases
  7. 07May 28, 2026
    Treatment of bacterial keratitis in mouse using Ag nanoparticles suspension
    Journal of biomaterials applications
  8. 08May 28, 2026
    Self-adaptive nanozymes with enhanced multi-enzyme activities for sequential multimodal therapy of drug-resistant bacteria-infected wounds
    Nature communications
  9. 09May 28, 2026
    Designing Antibiotics with Inherent Resistance to Efflux as a Strategy to Revive Discovery against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens
    Journal of medicinal chemistry
  10. 10May 27, 2026
    Discovery of di-amino acid antimicrobial peptide mimetics with heteroatom-incorporated linkers for potent antibacterial activity and low hemolytic toxicity
    European journal of medicinal chemistry
  11. 11May 26, 2026
    O(2)-releasing microneedle platform eradicates drug-resistant bacterial biofilm via metabolic interference and innate immune reactivation
    Biomaterials
  12. 12May 25, 2026
    Discovery of Schiff base-triazole-pleuromutilin conjugates as broad-spectrum antibacterial agents with potent anti-MRSA activity
    Bioorganic chemistry
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