Quantifying racial disparities in risk of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, during the 2020-2021 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Abstract

We estimated the racial disparity in rates of invasive S. aureus infections based on community coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rates at the county level. Our data suggest that COVID-19 infection burden (1) affects not only hospital-onset MRSA invasive infection risk but also community-onset S. aureus invasive infection risk and (2) affects Black residents ∼60% more than White residents.