TY - JOUR
T1 - Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among HIV-infected adults in Botswana
T2 - prevalence and risk factors
AU - Reid, Michael J.A.
AU - Steenhoff, Andrew P.
AU - Mannathoko, Naledi
AU - Muthoga, Charles
AU - McHugh, Erin
AU - Brown, Eric L.
AU - Fischer, Rebecca S.B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/8/3
Y1 - 2017/8/3
N2 - We sought to determine the clinical and epidemiologic determinants of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in HIV-infected individuals at two outpatient centers in southern Botswana. Standard microbiologic techniques were used to identify S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). In a sample of 404 HIV-infected adults, prevalence of S. aureus nasal carriage was 36.9% (n = 152) and was associated with domestic overcrowding and lower CD4 cell count. MRSA prevalence was low (n = 13, 3.2%), but more common among individuals with asthma and eczema. The implications of these findings for HIV management are discussed.
AB - We sought to determine the clinical and epidemiologic determinants of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in HIV-infected individuals at two outpatient centers in southern Botswana. Standard microbiologic techniques were used to identify S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). In a sample of 404 HIV-infected adults, prevalence of S. aureus nasal carriage was 36.9% (n = 152) and was associated with domestic overcrowding and lower CD4 cell count. MRSA prevalence was low (n = 13, 3.2%), but more common among individuals with asthma and eczema. The implications of these findings for HIV management are discussed.
KW - nasal colonization
KW - S. aureus; HIV
KW - sub-Saharan Africa
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U2 - 10.1080/09540121.2017.1282600
DO - 10.1080/09540121.2017.1282600
M3 - Article
C2 - 28127988
AN - SCOPUS:85010676919
SN - 0954-0121
VL - 29
SP - 961
EP - 965
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
IS - 8
ER -
