Decreasing Incidence of Skin and Soft-tissue Infections in 86 US Emergency Departments, 2009-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The incidence of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs), for which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a significant risk factor, in United States emergency departments (EDs) increased dramatically after 2000 with the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Few studies have examined SSTI incidence among HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected patients in the United States after 2010.

Methods

Data were obtained for patient encounters at all academic medical center EDs affiliated with the Vizient clinical data warehouse assigned an SSTI-associated code based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2014. The rate was calculated per 1000 ED encounters by year and strati

SUBMITTER: Morgan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939314 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature