Exposure to environmental chemical mixtures is associated with nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus: NHANES 2001-2004.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the health effects of exposure to chemical mixtures is critically important given the broad range of concurrent exposures throughout the life-course. While investigations of environmental chemicals and components of the human microbiome are becoming more common, few have examined associations with chemical mixtures. This study assesses the association between exposure to mixtures of 66 different environmental chemicals and nasal colonization of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and methicillin resistant SA (MRSA).

Methods

Data came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2004. The analytical sample consists of 10,312 participants, age 6 years and older, subdivided into 8 groups with different chemical exposure mixtures. Withi

SUBMITTER: Eggers S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7530026 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature