Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
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Hospitalization / trends*
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Humans
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / drug effects
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification
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Middle Aged
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Pneumonia / epidemiology
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Pneumonia / etiology
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Soft Tissue Infections* / epidemiology
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Soft Tissue Infections* / microbiology
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Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections* / microbiology
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections* / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Skin Infections* / microbiology
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United States / epidemiology