Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colonization, behavioral risk factors, and skin and soft-tissue infection at an ambulatory clinic serving a large population of hiv-infected men who

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-121

  Szumowski, John D ^a   Wener, Kenneth M ^c   Gold, Howard S ^a   Wong, Michael ^a   Venkataraman, Lata ^a   Runde, Carrie A ^d   Cohen, Daniel E ^e   Mayer, Kenneth H ^b,f,g   Wright, Sharon B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fenway Community Health   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f Departments of Medicine   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; OUTPATIENTS; PERINEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949178669     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599608     Document Type: Article

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