The epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in patients attending inner city sexually transmitted infections and community clinics in Calgary, Canada

• Alejandra Ugarte Torres,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8872-5158

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• Angel Chu,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Ron Read,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Judy MacDonald,

  Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Infection Prevention & Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Daniel Gregson,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine and Alberta Health Services, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Thomas Louie,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Infection Prevention & Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Johanna Delongchamp,

  Affiliation Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Alberta Health Services and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Linda Ward,

  Affiliation Infection Prevention & Control, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Joann McClure,

  Affiliation Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Alberta Health Services and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Kunyan Zhang,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Alberta Health Services and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Calgary Laboratory Services, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• John Conly

  * E-mail: john.conly@albertahealthservices.ca

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine and Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, Cumming School of Medicine and Alberta Health Services, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance, Alberta Health Services and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Calgary Laboratory Services, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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