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1. Methamphetamine Use and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections

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Adam L. Cohen, Carrie Shuler, Sigrid McAllister, Gregory E. Fosheim, Michael G. Brown, Debra Abercrombie, Karen F. Anderson, Linda K. McDougal, Cherie L. Drenzek, Katie Arnold, Daniel B. Jernigan, and Rachel Gorwitz

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Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin resistance, drug resistance, methamphetamine, street drugs, rural health, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

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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2007
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2. Methamphetamine Use and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections

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Carrie Shuler, Karen Anderson, Daniel B. Jernigan, Linda K. McDougal, Adam L. Cohen, Debra L. Abercrombie, Rachel J. Gorwitz, Cherie Drenzek, Katie Arnold, Michael G. Brown, Gregory E. Fosheim, and Sigrid K. McAllister

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Male, Epidemiology, lcsh:Medicine, Drug resistance, Skin infection, medicine.disease_cause, Disease Outbreaks, methicillin resistance, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Prospective Studies, rural health, education.field_of_study, Transmission (medicine), Middle Aged, Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field, Community-Acquired Infections, Infectious Diseases, Staphylococcus aureus, Population Surveillance, Female, Staphylococcal Skin Infections, Adult, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Georgia, Adolescent, Amphetamine-Related Disorders, Population, street drugs, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, lcsh:RC109-216, education, methamphetamine, Aged, drug resistance, business.industry, Research, Soft Tissue Infections, lcsh:R, Odds ratio, biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition, medicine.disease, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, skin and soft tissue infections, Case-Control Studies, Immunology, business
Abstract

Drug use may be contributing to the spread of MRSA in a rural southeastern US community., 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.

Published
2007

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