Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Colonization in HIV-Infected Ambulatory Patients

Estimates of the prevalence of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) vary in HIV-infected patients. HIV clinic patients were prospectively cultured. Bilateral nasal and axillary swabs were plated on BBL CHROMagar MRSA media. Molecular typing was done by pulse-field gel...

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Published in:	Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 567 - 571
Main Authors:	CENIZAL, Mary Jo, HARDY, Robert D, ANDERSON, Marc, KATZ, Kathy, SKIEST, Daniel J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 15-08-2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects:	Adult Aged AIDS/HIV Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacteria Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Drug resistance Epidemiology Estimates Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genotype & phenotype HIV HIV - physiology HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - microbiology HIV Infections - virology Human immunodeficiency virus Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Methicillin - therapeutic use Methicillin Resistance Microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous Nose - microbiology Prospective Studies Risk Factors Staphylococcal Infections - complications Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - growth & development Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Viral diseases Virology nasal colonization Prevalence Microbiology Epidemiology S. aureus MRSA Bacteria Micrococcales Micrococcaceae Ambulatory community-onset MRSA Staphylococcus aureus Immunopathology Retroviridae AIDS Immune deficiency Lentivirus Virology Infection Virus HIV Viral disease Risk factor Human immunodeficiency virus community-associated MRSA
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