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Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Dispatch

Staphylococcus aureus ST398, New York City and Dominican Republic

Meera Bhat, Caroline Dumortier, Barbara S. Taylor, Maureen Miller, Glenny Vasquez, Jose Yunen, Karen Brudney, Carlos Rodriguez-Taveras, Rita Rojas, Patricia Leon, Franklin D. LowyComments to Author , and Jacqueline Sánchez E.
Author affiliations: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (M. Bhat, C. Dumortier, B. Taylor, G. Vasquez, K. Brudney, F.D. Lowy); New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA (M. Miller); Centro de Diagnostico y Medicina Avanzada y de Conferencias Medicas y Telemedicina, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (J. Yunen); Laboratorio Referencia Clinico, Santo Domingo (J. Sánchez E., P. Leon); Hospital Central de Las Fuerzas Armadas, Santo Domingo (C. Rodriguez-Taveras); Centro Medico Luperon, Santo Domingo (R. Rojas)

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Table

Characteristics of persons colonized with Staphylococcus aureus ST398, northern Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, 2004–2007, compared with study population and 2000 census population for area*

Characteristics ST398 subset, no. (%) Overall study population, no. (%) 2000 census population, no. (%)
Race/ethnicity
Latino 11 (84.6) 813 (89) 173,755 (68)
Non-Hispanic white 2 (15.4) 90 (9.8) 65,449 (25.6)
African American 0 11 (1.2) 53,514 (20.9)
Asian
0
0
5,370 (2.1)
Sex
Male 4 (30.8) 362 (39.6) 120,866 (47.3)
Female
9 (69.2)
552 (60.4)
134,723 (52.7)
Age group, y
<5 0 84 (9.2) 17,878 (7.0)
5–17 1 (7.6) 238 (26.2) 49,196 (19.3)
18–44 10 (76.9) 297 (32.5) 112,195 (44.0)
>45
2 (15.4%)
290 (31.9)
76,320 (29.9)
Occupational exposure 5 (38.5) 58 (6.4) NA
Travel outside USA 7 (53.8) 171 (18.7) NA
Daycare exposure
2 (15.4)
87 (9.5)
NA
Total population 13 (100) 914 (100) 255,589 (100)

*ST, sequence type; NA, not available.

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