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

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

Author(s) -

Isaac See,

Paul Wesson,

Nicole Gualandi,

Ghinwa Dumyati,

Lee H. Harrison,

Lindsey Lesher,

Joelle Nadle,

Susan Petit,

Claire Reisenauer,

William Schaffner,

Amy Tunali,

Yi Mu,

Jennifer Ahern

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw808

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , demography , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , confidence interval , rate ratio , mediation , gerontology , environmental health , population , physics , sociology , political science , law , optics

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.

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