2014
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01129-14
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Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates Obtained from the Rikers Island Jail System from 2009 to 2013

Abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a recognized cause of community-associated (CA) skin and soft tissue infections in otherwise healthy individuals (1, 2). These infections have been especially frequent in certain high-risk groups such as military recruits, prison and jail inmates, athletes, and children in daycare (reviewed in reference 1). Common risk factors associated with CA-MRSA include sharing of personal items, superficial abrasions, crowding, limited access to showers, and exposure … Show more

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“…For example, in one U.S. study assessing MRSA isolates from a regional health care network in the District of Columbia, the carriage of the qacA/B genes was found to be Ͻ1% (5/493 isolates) (233). Similarly, another study assessing the prevalence of qacA/B in 86 MRSA isolates collected from prisoners of the Rikers Island jail system in the United States found an even lower prevalence, with no evidence of qacA/B in any of the collected isolates (234). In contrast, qacA/B genes were detected in 50/60 (83%) MRSA isolates in a 2009 study from a Malaysian hospital (235).…”
Section: Chlorhexidinementioning
confidence: 97%
“…For example, in one U.S. study assessing MRSA isolates from a regional health care network in the District of Columbia, the carriage of the qacA/B genes was found to be Ͻ1% (5/493 isolates) (233). Similarly, another study assessing the prevalence of qacA/B in 86 MRSA isolates collected from prisoners of the Rikers Island jail system in the United States found an even lower prevalence, with no evidence of qacA/B in any of the collected isolates (234). In contrast, qacA/B genes were detected in 50/60 (83%) MRSA isolates in a 2009 study from a Malaysian hospital (235).…”
Section: Chlorhexidinementioning
confidence: 97%
“…Methicillin-resistant S aureus colonization is also extremely prevalent in these populations [ 30 , 31 ] and is another risk factor of S aureus infection [ 19 ]. Because the vast majority of detainees from jail are discharged back into the community or moved to prisons, jails may serve to amplify S aureus transmission, and detainees may introduce strains of MRSA into the community or into prison settings as a result of re-entry or transfer [ 3 , 32 ]. Detainees may also come from areas of the city where MRSA is more likely to be endemic.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%