Why no routine vaccine yet?
The organism's toolkit and trial endpoints have defeated many candidates.
A licensed S. aureus vaccine has been a long miss. Trials continue because the disease burden is real.
Who should be decolonized before surgery is a hospital protocol question, not a home kit.
Open questions
Who benefits from decolonization?
Some surgical pathways use it. Blanket household use is not this page's advice.
How will MRSA move next?
Clones rise and fall. Surveillance, not adjectives, tracks them.
Can we treat biofilms on joints better?
Device removal and long care remain specialist decisions.
How do we talk without scare porn?
Name carriage, boils and rare emergencies as different layers.
The frontier is better prevention language, not growing the organism for fun.
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