Abstract
Recent reports indicate that correctional facility inmates may be at elevated risk for contracting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection because of overcrowding, poor hygiene, and high rates of diseases causing immunosuppression. The present study of 299,179 Texas inmates who were incarcerated between 1999-2001 indicated an incidence of 12 MRSA infections/1000 person-years. Inmates with circulatory disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, end-stage liver disease, end-stage renal disease, human immunodeficiency virus infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and skin diseases all exhibited elevated rates of MRSA infection.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Journal | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the Texas prison system. / Baillargeon, Jacques; Kelley, Michael F.; Leach, Charles T.; Baillargeon, Gwen; Pollock, Bradley H.
In: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vol. 38, No. 9, 2004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Pollock, Bradley H
PY - 2004
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