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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 9, 2026
    Factors associated with persistent postoperative hyperthermia in pediatric craniocerebral injury: a retrospective cohort study and preliminary risk score
    Perioperative medicine (London, England)
  2. 02Jun 9, 2026
    Anti-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Cephalosporins Plus Daptomycin as Initial Therapy for MRSA Bacteremia: Does a "Hit Hard and Fast" Strategy Improve Outcomes?
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  3. 03Jun 9, 2026
    Early Combination Therapy for MRSA Bacteremia: Double Coverage or Double Trouble?
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  4. 04Jun 8, 2026
    AMR Bio urges US policymakers to make infection prevention a core AMR strategy
    Manufacturing Chemist
  5. 05Jun 8, 2026
    Multidrug resistance and inappropriate empiric therapy as predictors of hospital stay in diabetic foot infections
    PloS one
  6. 06Jun 8, 2026
    Corrigendum to "Diterpenoids of Caryopteris trichosphaera W. W. Sm. inhibiting MRSA and VRE in vitro and in vivo" [J. Ethnopharmacol. 337 (2025) 118805]
    Journal of ethnopharmacology
  7. 07Jun 8, 2026
    Clinical profiles of patients with antibiotic-resistant infections at select tertiary hospitals in Uganda: a retrospective study of clinical records
    BMC infectious diseases
  8. 08Jun 6, 2026
    Heptametallic high‑entropy nanozyme‑based biosensors for detecting bacterial pathogens in food and infected wound
    Mikrochimica acta
  9. 09Jun 6, 2026
    Antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects of Lactobacillus cell-free supernatants against standard and antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus
    Archives of microbiology
  10. 10Jun 6, 2026
    Association of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection with 7-day incident delirium in critically Ill adults: a propensity-weighted competing risk analysis
    BMC infectious diseases
  11. 11Jun 5, 2026
    Epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance patterns, management, and predictors of mortality in diabetic foot infections in a Lebanese hospital: A retrospective observational study
    Journal of infection and public health
  12. 12Jun 1, 2026
    In silico-screened short amidated peptides engineered for dual bactericidal action and antibiotic delivery through self-assembly
    Bioorganic chemistry
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