Prevalence and Incidence of Paronychia
Paronychia Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Prevalence/Incidence of Paronychia: Online Medical Books
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Cellulitis:
Cellulitis - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- The most common cause of cellulitis in children is Staphylococcus aureus or Streptococcus pyogenes infection, which develops secondary to local trauma of the integument.
- Bacteremic disease, previously seen commonly when Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB) was prevalent, has now been surpassed by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Clinical failures with penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae have not yet become a significant problem in cases of uncomplicated cellulitis.
Cellulitis - incidence
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) infections continue to rise dramatically, and have become commonplace in the general population.
Cellulitis - prevalence
- MRSA is a worldwide problem; consistently high prevalence rates are found in the US, South America, Japan and southern Europe.
- Adult studies of hospitalized patients report prevalences of >30–40% of CA-MRSA among MRSA isolates.
- The prevalence of CA-MRSA is pediatric patients is much higher.
- CA-MRSA has predominantly been isolated from skin and soft tissue infections, such as cellulitis, abscesses, folliculitis and impetigo.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Paronychia usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Paronychia at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Paronychia refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Paronychia diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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