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==Overview== | |||
Cellulitis is most commonly seen in the middle-aged and older adult population with a higher incidence among males. Higher rates of disease have been observed in warmer months with an incidence of about 200 cases per 100,000 patient-years. <ref name="pmid17711519">{{cite journal| author=Haydock SF, Bornshin S, Wall EC, Connick RM| title=Admissions to a U.K. teaching hospital with nonnecrotizing lower limb cellulitis show a marked seasonal variation. | journal=Br J Dermatol | year= 2007 | volume= 157 | issue= 5 | pages= 1047-8 | pmid=17711519 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08124.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17711519 }} </ref> <ref name="pmid28480281">{{cite journal| author=Peterson RA, Polgreen LA, Cavanaugh JE, Polgreen PM| title=Increasing Incidence, Cost, and Seasonality in Patients Hospitalized for Cellulitis. | journal=Open Forum Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= 4 | issue= 1 | pages= ofx008 | pmid=28480281 | doi=10.1093/ofid/ofx008 | pmc=5414024 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28480281 }} </ref> <ref name="pmid31605485">{{cite journal| author=Fritz SA, Shapiro DJ, Hersh AL| title=National Trends in Incidence of Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients Presenting to Ambulatory and Emergency Department Settings, 2000-2015. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2020 | volume= 70 | issue= 12 | pages= 2715-2718 | pmid=31605485 | doi=10.1093/cid/ciz977 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=31605485 }} </ref> | |||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | |||
===Incidence=== | |||
*The incidenceof cellulitis is approximately 200 case per 100,000 individuals worldwide. | |||
===Age=== | |||
*Cellulitis commonly affects middle-aged and older adults.<ref name="pmid31747177">{{cite journal| author=| title=StatPearls | journal= | year= 2020 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=31747177 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> | |||
===Race=== | |||
*There is no racial predilection to cellulitis. | |||
===Gender=== | |||
*Cellulitis affects men and women equally. | |||
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Overview
Cellulitis is most commonly seen in the middle-aged and older adult population with a higher incidence among males. Higher rates of disease have been observed in warmer months with an incidence of about 200 cases per 100,000 patient-years. [1] [2] [3]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidenceof cellulitis is approximately 200 case per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
Age
- Cellulitis commonly affects middle-aged and older adults.[4]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to cellulitis.
Gender
- Cellulitis affects men and women equally.
References
- ↑ Haydock SF, Bornshin S, Wall EC, Connick RM (2007). "Admissions to a U.K. teaching hospital with nonnecrotizing lower limb cellulitis show a marked seasonal variation". Br J Dermatol. 157 (5): 1047–8. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08124.x. PMID 17711519.
- ↑ Peterson RA, Polgreen LA, Cavanaugh JE, Polgreen PM (2017). "Increasing Incidence, Cost, and Seasonality in Patients Hospitalized for Cellulitis". Open Forum Infect Dis. 4 (1): ofx008. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofx008. PMC 5414024. PMID 28480281.
- ↑ Fritz SA, Shapiro DJ, Hersh AL (2020). "National Trends in Incidence of Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients Presenting to Ambulatory and Emergency Department Settings, 2000-2015". Clin Infect Dis. 70 (12): 2715–2718. doi:10.1093/cid/ciz977. PMID 31605485.
- ↑ "StatPearls". 2020. PMID 31747177.