TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shorr, Andrew F
TI  - Current Epidemiology, Etiology, and Burden of Acute Skin Infections in the United States. [Review]
SN  - 1058-4838
PY  - 2019///
KW  - *Cost of Illness
KW  - *Skin Diseases, Bacterial/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - *Skin Diseases, Bacterial/mi [Microbiology]
KW  - Acute Disease
KW  - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pd [Pharmacology]
KW  - Anti-Bacterial Agents/tu [Therapeutic Use]
KW  - Disease Management
KW  - Disease Susceptibility
KW  - Humans
KW  - Public Health Surveillance
KW  - Risk Factors
KW  - Skin Diseases, Bacterial/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Skin Diseases, Bacterial/th [Therapy]
KW  - Soft Tissue Infections/di [Diagnosis]
KW  - Soft Tissue Infections/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - Soft Tissue Infections/mi [Microbiology]
KW  - Soft Tissue Infections/th [Therapy]
KW  - Treatment Outcome
KW  - United States/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Medicine/Pulmonary-Critical Care
KW  - Journal Article
N1  - Available online from MWHC library: June 1997 - present, Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - Winter 2007
N2  - Copyright (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America; The US burden of acute skin infections is substantial. While Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus spp. are the most common causes, gram-negative bacteria and mixed infections can occur in some settings. These mixed infections are more likely to result in inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy. Important challenges remain in diagnosing and treating acute skin infections
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz002
ER  -