High prevalence of colonization with Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300 at multiple body sites among sexually transmitted disease clinic patients: an unrecognized reservoir

• Published in: Microbes and infection Vol. 14; no. 12; pp. 1040 - 1043
• Main Authors: Miko, Benjamin A., Uhlemann, Anne-Catrin, Gelman, Amanda, Lee, Caroline J., Hafer, Cory A., Sullivan, Sean B., Shi, Qiuhu, Miller, Maureen, Zenilman, Jonathan, Lowy, Franklin D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Masson SAS 01.10.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Bacteriology; Baltimore - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Carrier State - epidemiology; Carrier State - microbiology; Community-associated MRSA; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genitalia - microbiology; Genotype; Groin - microbiology; Humans; Male; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - classification; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Molecular epidemiology; Prevalence; Rectum - microbiology; S. aureus; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Baltimore; Molecular epidemiology; Community-associated MRSA; S. aureus; Infection; Human; Sexually transmitted disease; Prevalence; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Genotype; Micrococcaceae; Staphylococcus aureus

Extranasal colonization is increasingly recognized as an important reservoir for Staphylococcus aureus among high-risk populations. We conducted a cross-sectional study of multiple body site colonization among 173 randomly selected STD clinic patients in Baltimore, Maryland. Staphylococcal carriage...