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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 3, 2026
    A new seco-norlignan and a rare ring B aromatic 1(10→6)abeo-ergostane-type steroid from Tarlmounia elliptica
    Natural product research
  2. 02Jun 3, 2026
    Prevalence, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus in equines in Egypt
    Scientific reports
  3. 03Jun 3, 2026
    Successful conservative treatment of MRSA-associated infective endocarditis with concurrent candidemia in a hemodialysis patient
    The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology
  4. 04Jun 3, 2026
    Surgical management of recurrent MRSA empyema with eloesser flap in a complex thoracic patient: lessons from endobronchial valve failure
    Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
  5. 05Jun 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
  6. 06Jun 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
  7. 07Jun 2, 2026
    Metabolically engineered probiotic OMVs as nanovaccine mediating sequential immunomodulation for chronic bone infection immunotherapy
    Cell reports. Medicine
  8. 08Jun 2, 2026
    Molecular dynamics-guided design of sulfadiazine-based α-aminophosphonates as DNA gyrase inhibitors with enhanced binding stability and antibacterial activity
    Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
  9. 09Jun 2, 2026
    Vancomycin combined with Zhenqi Granule can inhibit Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus more effectively than Vancomycin alone
    Microbial pathogenesis
  10. 10Jun 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
  11. 11Jun 1, 2026
    Companion animals as potentially important reservoir of methicillin-resistant and virulent strains of coagulase-positive Staphylococcus spp
    BMC veterinary research
  12. 12Jun 1, 2026
    A Self-Cascading Immunomodulatory Hydrogel for Remodeling Infected Diabetic Wounds
    Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
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