Incidence and persistence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in a community sample of HIV-infected and -uninfected drug users

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-346

  Miller, Maureen ^a   Cespedes, Christian ^b   Bhat, Meera ^b   Vavagiakis, Peter ^c   Klein, Robert S ^c   Lowy, Franklin D ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA PRIMERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NASAL MUCOSA; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547137876     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519429     Document Type: Article

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