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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 12, 2026
    Inside-Outside ROS Therapeutic Strategy Based on Piezoelectric Nano-Urchin for Drug-Resistant Bacteria Biofilm Infections
    Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
  2. 02Jun 12, 2026
    Early cell-wall stress signatures enable 20-min ATR-FTIR discrimination of MRSA and MSSA
    Scientific reports
  3. 03Jun 11, 2026
    Virulence determinants and toxin profile of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from commercial cheese in Bangladesh: A public health risk
    PloS one
  4. 04Jun 11, 2026
    Unveiling the bactericidal effects of extracts and phytocompounds from Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): An in vitro and in silico approach
    PloS one
  5. 05Jun 11, 2026
    Clinical Outcomes and Genomic Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Keratitis
    American journal of ophthalmology
  6. 06Jun 11, 2026
    A pH-responsive hydrogel based on polysaccharides incorporated with honeysuckle-derived exosome-like nanovesicles for the management of infected wound
    International journal of biological macromolecules
  7. 07Jun 11, 2026
    Antibacterial activity, phytochemical profiling and ADMET prediction of bioactive compounds in Origanum syriacum and Salix alba
    Scientific reports
  8. 08Jun 11, 2026
    NIR-responsive mild photothermal hydrogels for multimodal antibacterial therapy, immunomodulation, and regenerative repair of MRSA-infected wounds
    Journal of nanobiotechnology
  9. 09Jun 11, 2026
    Isolation, antimicrobial evaluation, and in silico docking of spinasterol from Impatiens rothii Hook. f. tuber extract
    Tropical medicine and health
  10. 10Jun 11, 2026
    Magnolol nanoparticles combat MRSA by disrupting TCA cycle and arginine metabolism to induce oxidative stress
    Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
  11. 11Jun 10, 2026
    Disseminated Thoracic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Mimicking Tuberculosis in a Patient on Haemodialysis
    Respirology case reports
  12. 12Jun 9, 2026
    Naphthalimide-mediated multitargeting antibacterial actions to enhance efficacy and broaden antibacterial spectrum of nitroimidazolyl ethylalcohols
    Bioorganic chemistry
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