Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is prevalent in wounds of community-based injection drug users - LLOYD-SMITH, E.; HULL, M. W.; TYNDALL, M. W.; ZHANG, R.; WOOD, E.; MONTANER, J. S. G.; KERR, T.; ROMNEY, M. G. (Epidemiology and infection, 2010)
Keywords: Abscesses; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Bacterial Toxins - genetics; Cocaine; Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology; Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology; Comorbidity; Confidence intervals; Drug Users; Exotoxins - genetics; Female; Heroin; Humans; Infections; infectious disease epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Injection; injection drug users (IDUs); Injections; Leukocidins - genetics; Male; Methicillin Resistance; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Microbiology; Missing data; Prevalence; Skin; Soft tissue infections; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus infections; Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications; Variables; Wound Infection - epidemiology; Wound Infection - microbiology; United States--US; infectious disease epidemiology; microbiology; soft tissue infections; injection drug users (IDUs); Antibiotic resistance