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HIV and colonization with Staphylococcus aureus in two maximum-security prisons in New York State.
The Journal of infection - 1 Dec 2016
Befus Montina B, Miko Benjamin A, Herzig Carolyn T A, Keleekai Nowai, Mukherjee Dhritiman V, Larson Elaine, Lowy Franklin D
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between HIV and Staphylococcus aureus colonization after confounding by incarceration is removed. METHOD: A cross sectional stratified study of all HIV infected and a random sample of HIV-uninfected inmates from two maximum-security prisons in New York State. Structured interviews were conducted. Anterior nares and oropharyngeal samples were cultured and S. aureus isolates...
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