Trends in US Hospital Admissions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Using data from the 2000–2004 US Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, we found that total hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections increased by 29% during 2000–2004; admissions for pneumonia were largely unchanged. These results are consistent with recent...

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Autores principales: Edelsberg, John, Taneja, Charu, Zervos, Marcus, Haque, Nadia, Moore, Carol, Reyes, Katherine, Spalding, James, Jiang, Jenny, Oster, Gerry
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2819854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19788830
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1509.081228
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Sumario:Using data from the 2000–2004 US Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, we found that total hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections increased by 29% during 2000–2004; admissions for pneumonia were largely unchanged. These results are consistent with recent reported increases in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

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