Illicit drug users, alcoholics, and psychiatric patients: Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization on the border between community and healthcare settings

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Dec;42(12):1544-1546. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1330. Epub 2020 Dec 2.

Authors

Maíris Alarcão Duarte de Oliveira Silvestre¹, Marina Barbosa¹, Nathalia Bibiana Teixeira², Danilo Flávio Moraes Riboli², Matheus Cristovam de Souza², Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Souza da Cunha², Carlos Magno Castelo Branco Fortaleza¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Tropical Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Botucatu School of Medicine), Universidade Estadual Paulista (São Paulo State University, UNESP). City of Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu (Botucatu Institute of Biosciences), Universidade Estadual Paulista (São Paulo State University, UNESP). City of Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil.

PMID: 33261681
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.1330

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alcoholics*
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Illicit Drugs*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Prevalence
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcus aureus

Substances

Illicit Drugs