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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | |||
*Research in Belgium in 2004 approximated the incidence of Erysipelas to be 249 per 100,000 individuals in Europe.<ref name="pmid17684373">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bartholomeeusen S, Vandenbroucke J, Truyers C, Buntinx F |title=Epidemiology and comorbidity of erysipelas in primary care |journal=Dermatology (Basel) |volume=215 |issue=2 |pages=118–22 |year=2007 |pmid=17684373 |doi=10.1159/000104262 |url=}}</ref> | |||
===Age=== | |||
*Erysipelas primarily affects individuals older than 50 years old. | |||
**Research from November 1988 - October 1990 in Sweden indicated a median age of 61 years old for Erysipelas patients.<ref name="ErikssonJorup-Ronstrom1996">{{cite journal|last1=Eriksson|first1=B.|last2=Jorup-Ronstrom|first2=C.|last3=Karkkonen|first3=K.|last4=Sjoblom|first4=A. C.|last5=Holm|first5=S. E.|title=Erysipelas: Clinical and Bacteriologic Spectrum and Serological Aspects|journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases|volume=23|issue=5|year=1996|pages=1091–1098|issn=1058-4838|doi=10.1093/clinids/23.5.1091}}</ref> | |||
**Research in Greece from 1999-2002 indicated a median age of 54.5 years old for Erysipelas patients.<ref name="pmid20931671">{{cite journal |vauthors=Krasagakis K, Valachis A, Maniatakis P, Krüger-Krasagakis S, Samonis G, Tosca AD |title=Analysis of epidemiology, clinical features and management of erysipelas |journal=Int. J. Dermatol. |volume=49 |issue=9 |pages=1012–7 |year=2010 |pmid=20931671 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
**Research in Hungary from 2001-2002 indicated a median age of 59 years old for Erysipelas patients.<ref name="pmid22276443">{{cite journal |vauthors=Vâţă D, Solovăstru LG, Vâţă A, Dorobăţ C |title=[Demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of erisypelas in the period 2001-2010] |language=Romanian |journal=Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi |volume=115 |issue=4 |pages=1042–7 |year=2011 |pmid=22276443 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- Research in Belgium in 2004 approximated the incidence of Erysipelas to be 249 per 100,000 individuals in Europe.[1]
Age
- Erysipelas primarily affects individuals older than 50 years old.
- Research from November 1988 - October 1990 in Sweden indicated a median age of 61 years old for Erysipelas patients.[2]
- Research in Greece from 1999-2002 indicated a median age of 54.5 years old for Erysipelas patients.[3]
- Research in Hungary from 2001-2002 indicated a median age of 59 years old for Erysipelas patients.[4]
References
- ↑ Bartholomeeusen S, Vandenbroucke J, Truyers C, Buntinx F (2007). "Epidemiology and comorbidity of erysipelas in primary care". Dermatology (Basel). 215 (2): 118–22. doi:10.1159/000104262. PMID 17684373.
- ↑ Eriksson, B.; Jorup-Ronstrom, C.; Karkkonen, K.; Sjoblom, A. C.; Holm, S. E. (1996). "Erysipelas: Clinical and Bacteriologic Spectrum and Serological Aspects". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 23 (5): 1091–1098. doi:10.1093/clinids/23.5.1091. ISSN 1058-4838.
- ↑ Krasagakis K, Valachis A, Maniatakis P, Krüger-Krasagakis S, Samonis G, Tosca AD (2010). "Analysis of epidemiology, clinical features and management of erysipelas". Int. J. Dermatol. 49 (9): 1012–7. PMID 20931671.
- ↑ Vâţă D, Solovăstru LG, Vâţă A, Dorobăţ C (2011). "[Demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of erisypelas in the period 2001-2010]". Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi (in Romanian). 115 (4): 1042–7. PMID 22276443.