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  • Title: Emergency department visit rates for abscess versus other skin infections during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 1997-2007.
    Author: Qualls ML, Mooney MM, Camargo CA, Zucconi T, Hooper DC, Pallin DJ.
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis; 2012 Jul; 55(1):103-5. PubMed ID: 22460965.
    Abstract:
    Due 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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