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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. 01May 28, 2026
    Rational Redesign of an α-Helical Marine Toxin Scaffold Enables a Safe and Broad-Spectrum Anti-ESKAPE Lipopeptide
    Journal of medicinal chemistry
  2. 02May 27, 2026
    Seven versus fourteen days for resistant bloodstream infections: what do we actually know? A scoping review
    Infection
  3. 03May 27, 2026
    Evaluating the Utility of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Screening in Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Elective Orthopaedic Surgery: A Propensity-Matched Analysis
    The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
  4. 04May 27, 2026
    Silicon(IV) Phthalocyanine-Functionalized Hyaluronic Acid for Photodynamic Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
    ACS applied materials & interfaces
  5. 05May 26, 2026
    Trends and correlations in antimicrobial resistance indicators in 110 hospitals in Thailand, 2022-2024
    International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
  6. 06May 25, 2026
    Evaluation of multifaceted interventions on antibiotic prescribing in community-acquired pneumonia
    Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE
  7. 07May 22, 2026
    A rhein-integrated hydrogel dressing with antibacterial, antioxidant and pH-responsive colorimetric properties
    RSC advances
  8. 08May 20, 2026
    Photodynamic/Photothermal Gold Nanoclusters Chitosan Sponge for Hemostasis and MRSA Infected Wound Healing
    International journal of nanomedicine
  9. 09May 16, 2026
    A microenvironment-adaptive bilayer composite dressing for disrupting MRSA biofilms and promoting wound regeneration via ROS-mediated immune regulation
    Bioactive materials
  10. 10May 12, 2026
    Benzyl-Modified Quinolone-Aminopyrimidine Hybrids with Potent Anti-MRSA Activity and a High Barrier to Resistance
    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
  11. 11May 12, 2026
    Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants originating from the lower respiratory tract are associated with persistent pulmonary infection
    Frontiers in immunology
  12. 12May 11, 2026
    Integrated framework for targeting dynamic penicillin-binding protein 2a via ensemble structural biology and deep generative modeling
    Frontiers in microbiology
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