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Incidence and persistence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in a community sample of HIV-infected and -uninfected drug users.

Miller M, Cespedes C, Bhat M, Vavagiakis P, Klein RS, Lowy FD

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. maureen_miller@nymc.edu

A longitudinal study of 282 community-based drug users was conducted from February 1999 through September 2000. Both the incidence (15.0 cases per 100 person-years at risk; 95% confidence interval, 10.2-20.7 cases per 100 person-years at risk) and persistence of Staphylococcus aureus carriage were increased among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive individuals.

Published 29 June 2007 in Clin Infect Dis, 45(3): 343-6.
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