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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Hayward, Andrew ; Knott, Felicity ; Petersen, Irene ; Livermore, David M. ; Duckworth, Georgia ; ... More +
Hayward, Andrew ; Knott, Felicity ; Petersen, Irene ; Livermore, David M. ; Duckworth, Georgia ; Islam, Amir ; Johnson, Anne M. Less -
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Rates of hospital-acquired staphylococcal infection increased throughout the 1990s; however, information is limited on trends in community-onset staphylococcal disease in the United Kingdom. We used Hospital Episode Statistics to describe trends in hospital admissions for community-onset staphylococcal disease and national general practice data to describe trends in community prescribing for staphylococcal disease. Hospital admission rates for staphyloccocal septicemia, staphylococcal pneumonia, staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome, and impetigo increased >5-fold. Admission rates increased 3-fold for abscesses and cellulitis and 1.5-fold for bone and joint infections. In primary care settings during 1991-2006, floxacillin prescriptions increased 1.8-fold and fusidic acidprescriptions 2.5-fold. The increases were not matched by increases in admission rates for control conditions. We identified a previously undescribed but major increase in pathogenic community-onset staphylococcal disease over the past 15 years. These trends are of concern given the international emergence of invasive community-onset staphylococcal infections.
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Abscess
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteremia
Cellulitis
Community
Community-Acquired Infections
England
Epidemiology
Family Practice
Hospitalization
Humans
Impetigo
Osteomyelitis
Physician's Practice Patterns
Pneumonia
Pneumonia, Staphylococcal
Research
Sepsis
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcal Skin Infections
Trends
Research

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 14(5):720-726.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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