Prevalence and risk factors for Staphylococcus aureus colonization in individuals entering maximum-security prisons

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 484-493

  Mukherjee, D V ^a,b,c   Herzig, C T A ^b,c   Jeon, C Y ^c,d   Lee, C J ^a   Apa, Z L ^b   Genovese, M ^e   Gage, D ^e   Koenigsmann, C J ^e   Lowy, F D ^a   Larson, E L ^b,c  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e New York State Department of Corrections   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimating; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Molecular epidemiology; Prevalence of disease; Risk assessment; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOSE SMEAR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROAT CULTURE; UNITED STATES; AGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84896451231     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001544     Document Type: Article

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