Risk Factors for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men

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 a...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2005-05, Vol.40 (10), p.1529-1534
Main Authors: Lee, Nolan E., Taylor, Melanie M., Bancroft, Elizabeth, Ruane, Peter J., Morgan, Margie, McCoy, Lucie, Simon, Paul A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Antibiotics
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Case control studies
Community-Acquired Infections - complications
Community-Acquired Infections - etiology
Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology
Drug resistance
Epidemiology
Health risk assessment
HIV
HIV Infections - complications
HIV/AIDS
Homosexuality, Male
Hospitalization
Human bacterial diseases
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Men
Methicillin Resistance
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Odds Ratio
Pathogens
Predisposing factors
Risk Factors
Sexual behavior
Skin
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcal Skin Infections - complications
Staphylococcal Skin Infections - etiology
Staphylococcal Skin Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcus
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Staphylococcus aureus - physiology
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/429827