4 The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Publish Ahead of Print DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001246 Living Conditions as a Driving Factor in Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization Among HIV-Infected Youth Maria Teresa C. Vieira 1 , MD, MSc, Mariel A. Marlow 2 , PhD, MPH, Fábio Aguiar- Alves 3, 4 , PhD, Marcos Gabriel Pinheiro 3,4 , MSc, Maria de Fátima Nogueira de Freitas Alves 3,5 , Maria Letícia Santos Cruz 6 , MD, PhD, Mariza Curto Saavedra Gaspar 6 , MD, Rebeca Rocha 3,5 , Luis Guillermo C. Velarde 5,7 , DSc, and Claudete A. Araújo Cardoso 8 , MD, PhD Corresponding Author: Dr. Claudete A. Araújo Cardoso Rua Marquês de Paraná, 303 - Centro School of Medicine - Fluminense Federal University Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Zip code: 24.033-900 Phone: +55 (21) 2629-9190 ; +55 (21) 98814-0597 Email: claudetecardoso@id.uff.br 1 School of Medicine, Graduate Program in Medical Science, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2 School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA 3 Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology and Biotechnology, Rodolfo Albino University Laboratory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4 Graduate Program in Pathology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. ACCEPTED