ArticleEpidemiology and infection2017
Incidence and factors associated with emergency department visits for recurrent skin and soft tissue infections in patients in California, 2005-2011.
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- The Incidence of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in the United States and Associated Healthcare Utilization Between 2010 and 2020.Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infection risk assessment using hotspot analysis and risk maps: the case of California emergency departments.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Comparative Effectiveness Study of Home-Based Interventions to Prevent CA-MRSA Infection Recurrence.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- National Costs Associated With Methicillin-Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Hospitalizations in the United States, 2010-2014.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Article
- Management of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections with a focus on patients at high risk of treatment failure.Therapeutic advances in infectious disease · 2017Review
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Abstract
More than 2 million visits for skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are seen in US emergency departments (EDs) yearly. Up to 50% of patients with SSTIs, suffer from recurrences, but associated factors remain poorly understood. We performed a retrospective study of patients with primary diagnosis of SSTI between 2005 and 2011 using California ED discharge data from the State Emergency Department Databases and State Inpatient Databases. Using a multivariable logistic regression, we examined factors associated with a repeat SSTI ED visits up to 6 months after the initial SSTI. Among 197 371 SSTIs, 16·3% were associated with a recurrent ED visit. We found no trend in recurrent visits over time (χ 2 trend = 0·68, P = 0·4). Race/ethnicity, age, geographical location, household income, and comorbidities were all associated with recurrent visits. Recurrent ED visits were associated with drug/alcohol abuse or liver disease [odds ratio (OR) 1·4, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1·3-1·4], obesity (OR 1·3, 95% CI 1·2-1·4), and in infections that were drained (OR 1·1, 95% CI 1·1-1·1) and inversely associated with hospitalization after initial ED visit (OR 0·4, 95% CI 0·3-0·4). In conclusion, we found several patient-level factors associated with recurrent ED visits. Identification of these high-risk groups is critical for future ED-based interventions.
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