Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Staphylococcus aureus infection disparities among Hispanics and non-Hispanics in Yuma, Arizona

  • Talima Pearson,
  • Sarah Kramer,
  • David Panisello Yagüe,
  • Emmanuel Nangkuu,
  • Sarah Medina-Rodriguez,
  • Colin Wood,
  • Crystal Hepp,
  • Ricky Camplain,
  • Joseph Mihaljevic,
  • Trudie Milner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.390
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4

Abstract

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Staphylococcus aureus infection patterns in Yuma, Arizona show a 2.25x higher infection rate in non-Hispanics. Males had higher infection rates in most age classes. These disparities in infection are mostly consistent with previously observed patterns in colonization, suggesting that sex and ethnicity do not differentially impact colonization and infection.