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Joshua Benjamin Parsons

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

Recent Publications


Methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: tolerance, immune evasion and treatment.

Journal Article Nat Rev Microbiol · February 2026 Staphylococcus aureus is capable of infecting every organ system in the body and developing resistance to every available antibiotic used to treat it, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (commonly referred to as MRSA). This pathogen is characterized by ... Full text Link to item Cite

Female Sex and Mortality in Patients With Gram-Negative Bacteremia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · November 3, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Female sex has been identified as a risk factor for mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI). It is unknown whether this association extends to bloodstream infections with other bacterial species. OBJECTIVE: To investig ... Full text Link to item Cite

Combination therapy with fosfomycin for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia or endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Journal Article JAC Antimicrob Resist · June 2025 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Fosfomycin combination therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia or endocarditis has been evaluated, but studies were limited by small sample sizes. We sought to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized con ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Genomic determinants of antibiotic treatment failure in S. aureus bacteremia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Parsons UNC Interinstitutional Agreement

FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2021 - 2024

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Tennessee Health Science Center · 2018 M.D.
University of Kent (United Kingdom) · 2009 Ph.D.