Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2010)

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

  • Sonia Saxena,
  • Paula Thompson,
  • Ruthie Birger,
  • Alex Bottle,
  • Nikos Spyridis,
  • Ian Wong,
  • Alan P. Johnson,
  • Ruth Gilbert,
  • Mike Sharland

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1603.090809
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 3
pp. 530 – 533

Abstract

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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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