Zychowski, Diana L.David, Michael Z.Siegel, Jane D.Leos, GregHenderson, JanetLo, KamingIwuora, JerryTaylor, Alexis R.Porsa, EsmaellBoyle-Vavra, SusanDaum, Robert S.2018-03-022018-03-022014-09http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82437In 928 Dallas County Jail detainees, nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus was found in 32.8% (26.5% methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus [MSSA] and 6.3% methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]), and hand carriage was found in 24.9% (20.7% MSSA and 4.1% MRSA). Among MRSA nasal carriers, 41% had hand MRSA carriage; 29% with hand MRSA carriage had no nasal S. aureus carriage. The prevalence of carriage was not associated with duration of the jail stay up to 180 days.en-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesArticle - Refereedhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01190-14529