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~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 23, 2026
    Correction to "Poly(2-Oxazoline)-Based Functional Peptide Mimics: Eradicating MRSA Infections and Persisters While Alleviating Antimicrobial Resistance"
    Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
  2. 02Jun 22, 2026
    Repurposing nifedipine as a dual-function adjuvant: potentiating gentamicin activity and disrupting biofilm formation in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    Biochimie
  3. 03Jun 22, 2026
    Real-world use of Dalbavancin for vascular graft and Endograft infections
    Infectious diseases now
  4. 04Jun 22, 2026
    Emerging threats and zoonotic implications of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus spp. in domesticated cats: a review
    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
  5. 05Jun 20, 2026
    Lipoplex as a useful tool for resensitization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to erythromycin via CRISPR-Cas technology
    International journal of pharmaceutics
  6. 06Jun 20, 2026
    Effectiveness of screening protocols to reduce MRSA colonization in a pediatric hospital
    International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
  7. 07Jun 20, 2026
    In silico and in vitro antibacterial investigation of Origanum majorana L. leaves extract against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria
    In silico pharmacology
  8. 08Jun 19, 2026
    Low Panton-Valentine leukocidin prevalence in circulating community MRSA: a genomic surveillance study in Qatar
    BMC infectious diseases
  9. 09Jun 18, 2026
    Severe Sepsis After Vaginal Delivery: A Case Report
    Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology
  10. 10Jun 18, 2026
    Epidermicin NI01 demonstrates potent in vivo activity in a murine model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infection
    JAC-antimicrobial resistance
  11. 11Jun 17, 2026
    Comparative genomics and taxonomic characterization of Streptomyces diversicolor sp. nov.: a novel species exhibiting intraspecific genomic divergence and biotechnological potential
    Systematic and applied microbiology
  12. 12Jun 11, 2026
    q orA shapes organ-specific adaptation of ST59-MRSA via balancing immune evasion and metabolic trade-off
    iScience
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