Increasing incidence, cost, and seasonality in patients hospitalized for cellulitis

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Peterson, Ryan A ^a   Polgreen, Linnea A ^a   Cavanaugh, Joseph E ^a   Polgreen, Philip M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Cost; Hospitalization; Seasonality; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY;

EID: 85014312311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oid/ofx008     Document Type: Article

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