Emergency Department Visit Rates for Abscess Versus Other Skin Infections During the Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 1997–2007 | Zendy

Munirih L. Qualls | Zendy; Megan M. Mooney | Zendy; Carlos A. Camargo | Zendy; Tanya Zucconi | Zendy; David C. Hooper | Zendy; Daniel J. Pallin | Zendy

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Emergency Department Visit Rates for Abscess Versus Other Skin Infections During the Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 1997–2007

Author(s) -

Munirih L. Qualls,

Megan M. Mooney,

Carlos A. Camargo,

Tanya Zucconi,

David C. Hooper,

Daniel J. Pallin

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis342

Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , emergency department , abscess , staphylococcal skin infections , staphylococcal infections , micrococcaceae , skin infection , emergency medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , bacteria , genetics , psychiatry , biology

Due to a flaw in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification coding system, epidemiology of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) has conflated abscess with other SSTIs. We analyzed emergency department visits during 1997-2007, finding that the odds of abscess relative to any other diagnosis increased 11% per year, or 3.1-fold, whereas other SSTIs increased minimally.

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