Risk factors for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.

Lee, Nolan E; Taylor, Melanie M; Bancroft, Elizabeth; Ruane, Peter J; Morgan, Margie; McCoy, Lucie; Simon, Paul A · Clin Infect Dis · 2005

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

We investigated community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) skin infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. We performed a matched case-control study of 35 case patients and 76 control subjects. CA-MRSA skin infections were associated with high-risk sex and drug-using behaviors and with environmental exposures but not with immune status.

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