Increasing skin infections and Staphylococcus aureus complications in children, England, 1997-2006

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;16(3):530-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1603.090809.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • England / epidemiology
  • Floxacillin / therapeutic use
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / complications*
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus* / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Floxacillin