low prevalence of community-Acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization and apparent lack of correlation with sexual behavior among hiv-infected patients in nebraska

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1485-1487

  Madariaga, Miguel G ^a   Ullrich, Fred ^a   Swindells, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 65549145813     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598511     Document Type: Letter

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