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Living Conditions as a Driving Factor in Persistent Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization Among HIV-infected Youth

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15

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31

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2016

Year

Maria Teresa Campos Vieira, Mariel Marlow, Fábio Aguiar-Alves, Marcos Gabriel Pinheiro, Maria de Fátima Nogueira de Freitas Alves, Maria Letícia Santos Cruz, Mariza Curto Saavedra Gaspar, Rebeca Silveira Rocha, Luís Guillermo Coca Velarde, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Abstract

MRSA colonization among HIV-infected youth is more closely related to living in a low-income or slum community than to HIV-related clinical factors. High genetic MRSA isolate diversity in our population suggests frequent transmission.

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