Increasing national burden of hospitalizations for skin and soft tissue infections in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1935-1941

  Lautz, Timothy B ^a   Raval, Mehul V ^a,b   Barsness, Katherine A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Incision and drainage; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pediatric; Skin and soft tissue infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION AND DRAINAGE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRAINAGE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054727581     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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