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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in high-risk groups of HIV-infected patients.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2012
Popovich Kyle J, Smith Kimberly Y, Khawcharoenporn Thana, Thurlow C J, Lough John, Thomas Guajira, Aroutcheva Alla, Zawitz Chad, Beavis Kathleen G, Weinstein Robert A, Hota Bala
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BACKGROUND: We examined the epidemiology of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) nasal colonization among 3 groups of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and 1 group of HIV-negative outpatients. METHODS: We determined prevalence and risk factors associated with MRSA colonization among women, recently incarcerated, and Hispanic HIV-infected patients and HIV-negative...
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