Prevalence and Incidence of Tooth abscess

Tooth abscess Prevalence: Book Excerpts

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Prevalence/Incidence of Tooth abscess: Online Medical Books

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Throat abscesses: Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Peritonsillar abscess is a complication of acute tonsillitis, usually after streptococcal or staphylococcal infection. It occurs more commonly in adolescents and young adults than in children.

Acute retropharyngeal abscess results from infection in the retropharyngeal lymph glands, which may follow an upper respiratory tract bacterial infection. Most common pathogens are beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. These lymph glands begin to atrophy after age 2. Acute retropharyngeal abscess most commonly affects infants and children younger than age 2.

Chronic retropharyngeal abscess may result from tuberculosis of the cervical spine (Pott’s disease) and may occur at any age.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

About prevalence and incidence statistics:

The term 'prevalence' of Tooth abscess usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Tooth abscess at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Tooth abscess refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Tooth abscess 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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