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12383610

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Staphylococcus aureus is the single most important bacterial pathogen in infections among drug users. It is responsible for several diseases, ranging from superficial cutaneous abscesses to life-threatening intravascular infections. Although the nature of these infections is well described in published work, there is limited understanding of their epidemiology and pathogenesis. This limitation is in part due to the difficulty of studying disease transmission among drug users in the community, and the limitations of the investigative tools that have so far been used. We review the current understanding of the pathogenesis of staphylococcal disease in drug users and argue for the integration of molecular epidemiological techniques and social network methodology to increase our understanding of the basis for the persistence, distribution, and transmission dynamics of S aureus among drug users. Finally, we propose a framework for investigating the transmission of pathogens in community-based settings.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1473-3099
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
605-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
New methods to investigate infectious disease transmission and pathogenesis--Staphylococcus aureus disease in drug users.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA. fl189@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review