Increasing Skin Infections and Staphylococcus aureus Complications in Children, England, 1997–2006

During 1997–2006, general practitioner consultations for skin conditions for children <18 years of age in England increased 19%, from 128.5 to 152.9/1,000 child-years, and antistaphylococcal drug prescription rates increased 64%, from 17.8 to 29.1/1,000 child-years. During the same time period, h...

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Autores principales: Saxena, Sonia, Thompson, Paula, Birger, Ruthie, Bottle, Alex, Spyridis, Nikos, Wong, Ian, Johnson, Alan P., Gilbert, Ruth, Sharland, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20202439
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.090809
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Sumario:During 1997–2006, general practitioner consultations for skin conditions for children <18 years of age in England increased 19%, from 128.5 to 152.9/1,000 child-years, and antistaphylococcal drug prescription rates increased 64%, from 17.8 to 29.1/1,000 child-years. During the same time period, hospital admissions for Staphylococcus aureus infections rose 49% from 53.4 to 79.3/100,000 child-years.

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