Methamphetamine Use and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and methamphetamine use are emerging public health problems. We conducted a case–control investigation to determine risk factors for MRSA skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in residents of a largely rural southeastern community in th...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Adam L., Shuler, Carrie, McAllister, Sigrid, Fosheim, Gregory E., Brown, Michael G., Abercrombie, Debra, Anderson, Karen, McDougal, Linda K., Drenzek, Cherie, Arnold, Katie, Jernigan, Daniel, Gorwitz, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3375784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18217555
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1311.070148
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Sumario:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and methamphetamine use are emerging public health problems. We conducted a case–control investigation to determine risk factors for MRSA skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) in residents of a largely rural southeastern community in the United States. Case-patients were persons >12 years old who had culturable SSTIs; controls had no SSTIs. Of 119 SSTIs identified, 81 (68.1%) were caused by MRSA. Methamphetamine use was reported in 9.9% of case-patients and 1.8% of controls. After we adjusted for age, sex, and race, patients with MRSA SSTIs were more likely than controls to have recently used methamphetamine (odds ratio 5.10, 95% confidence interval 1.55–16.79). MRSA caused most SSTIs in this population. Transmission of MRSA may be occurring among methamphetamine users in this community.

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