• Clin. Infect. Dis. · Jul 2012

    Emergency department visit rates for abscess versus other skin infections during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 1997-2007.

    • Munirih L Qualls, Megan M Mooney, Carlos A Camargo, Tanya Zucconi, David C Hooper, and Daniel J Pallin.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
    • Clin. Infect. Dis. 2012 Jul 1;55(1):103-5.

    AbstractDue to a flaw in the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification coding system, epidemiology of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) has conflated abscess with other SSTIs. We analyzed emergency department visits during 1997-2007, finding that the odds of abscess relative to any other diagnosis increased 11% per year, or 3.1-fold, whereas other SSTIs increased minimally.

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