TY - JOUR AU - Saxena, Sonia AU - Thompson, Paula AU - Birger, Ruthie AU - Bottle, Alex AU - Spyridis, Nikos AU - Wong, Ian AU - Johnson, Alan P. AU - Gilbert, Ruth AU - Sharland, Mike T1 - Increasing Skin Infections and Staphylococcus aureus Complications in Children, England, 1997–2006 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 530 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 1997–2006, general practitioner consultations for skin conditions for children <18 years of age in England increased 19%, from 128.5 to 152.9/1,000 child-years, and antistaphylococcal drug prescription rates increased 64%, from 17.8 to 29.1/1,000 child-years. During the same time period, hospital admissions for Staphylococcus aureus infections rose 49% from 53.4 to 79.3/100,000 child-years. KW - Bacteria KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - children KW - MRSA KW - MSSA KW - primary care KW - skin infections KW - England KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1603.090809 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/3/09-0809_article ER - End of Reference