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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 10, 2026
    The protective effect of Schisandrin C against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced otitis media
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  2. 02Jun 10, 2026
    The β-lactam adjuvant guanosine potentiates anti-folate antibiotics and pyrimidine synthesis inhibitors by depleting thymidine in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
  3. 03Jun 9, 2026
    Factors associated with persistent postoperative hyperthermia in pediatric craniocerebral injury: a retrospective cohort study and preliminary risk score
    Perioperative medicine (London, England)
  4. 04Jun 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
  5. 05Jun 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
  6. 06Jun 9, 2026
    Prevalence of diphtheria and antimicrobial-resistant wound infections among asylum seekers in Heidelberg, Germany, August-October 2024
    PloS one
  7. 07Jun 9, 2026
    Platelet Dynamics in MSSA and MRSA bacteremia: Distinct Patterns and Prognostic Implications
    International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
  8. 08Jun 8, 2026
    Multidrug resistance and inappropriate empiric therapy as predictors of hospital stay in diabetic foot infections
    PloS one
  9. 09Jun 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
  10. 10Jun 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
  11. 11Jun 8, 2026
    Optimizing dalbavancin dosing for complicated MRSA infections: a multicenter population pharmacokinetic study
    Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  12. 12Jun 8, 2026
    Molecular Diversity and Comparison of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element in Hospital- and Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From Pakistan
    International journal of microbiology
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