Socioeconomic Factors Explain Racial Disparities in Invasive Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Disease Rates

BACKGROUND. Invasive community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence in the United States is higher among black persons than white persons. We explored the extent to which socioeconomic factors might explain this racial disparity. METHODS. A retrospective cohort was...

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Published in:Clin Infect Dis
Main Authors: See, Isaac, Wesson, Paul, Gualandi, Nicole, Dumyati, Ghinwa, Harrison, Lee H., Lesher, Lindsey, Nadle, Joelle, Petit, Susan, Reisenauer, Claire, Schaffner, William, Tunali, Amy, Mu, Yi, Ahern, Jennifer
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656382/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28362911
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw808
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