Erratum

Several errors appeared in an article published in the 1 May 2005 issue of the journal (Lee NE, Taylor MM, Bancroft E, et al. Risk factors for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 40:1529–34).

In the list of authors, the footnotes indicating the affiliations for Melanie M. Taylor are incorrect. Her name should be listed as “Melanie M. Taylor^2,a,b” (not “Melanie M. Taylor^2,a”). Footnote a should read “^aAssigned to Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, California (N.E.L. and M.M.T.)” (not “^aAssigned to Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, California [N.E.L]; assigned to Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona [M.M.T.]”), and footnote b should read “^bPresent affiliations: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, California (N.E.L.); private practice, West Hollywood, California (P.J.R.); Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona (M.M.T.)” (not “^bPresent affiliations: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, California [N.E.L.]; private practice, West Hollywood, California [P.J.R.]”). The journal regrets these errors.

The second sentence in the Methods section should read “For each case, we selected from clinic schedules up to 3 control subjects who were HIV-positive MSM without skin symptoms” (not “For each case, we selected up to 3 control subjects from clinic schedules who were HIV-positive MSM without skin symptoms”). The journal regrets this error.

There are 2 errors that appear in table 1. The units for CD4 cell count should be given as “cells/mm³” (not “cells/mL”), and the units for viral load should be given as “copies/mL” (not “copies/mm³”). The corrected table appears below. The authors regret these errors.

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of case patients and control subjects in a case-control study of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.

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