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- Title
Community-Acquired MRSA among HIV-Infected Patients Rapidly Rising.
- Authors
Kaye, Donald
- Abstract
The article reports on the rapid increase of the rates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among HIV-infected patients in the United States. They have an 18-fold higher risk compared with the general population. Soft-tissue infections developed in all of the patients and 68 percent had positive nares cultures.
- Subjects
UNITED States; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections; METHICILLIN resistance; HIV-positive persons; HIV infections; SOFT tissue injuries
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2006, Vol 43, Issue 8, piii
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article