Trends in US Hospital Admissions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Edelsberg, John ; Taneja, Charu ; Zervos, Marcus ; Haque, Nadia ; Moore, Carol ; Reyes, Katherine ; Spalding, James ; Jiang, Jenny ; Oster, Gerry
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Aged Hospitalization Humans Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Middle Aged Pneumonia Soft Tissue Infections Staphylococcal Infections Staphylococcal Skin Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(9):1516-1518.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:57ff324b8f031f44e854c2cb2fedc5a3f82288bb6b93b78b33b8f683009888de
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17740/cdc_17740_DS1.pdf
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