Cellulitis-Associated Hospitalizations in Baltimore City

Carole Roan Gresenz, Teague Ruder, Nicole Lurie

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Describes hospitalizations associated with cellulitis, a skin infection frequently linked to methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, in Baltimore City. From 2000 to 2006, the number of cellulitis-associated inpatient hospitalizations increased by 74 percent, but they declined among adults between 2006 and 2007. Cellulitis-associated hospitalizations varied substantially across different locations within Baltimore City, with a three- to fourfold difference in the highest and lowest rates. Overall, rates of cellulitis-associated hospitalizations in 2007 were twice as high in Baltimore City as in the District of Columbia and Maryland as a whole.

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  • Year: 2009
  • Pages: 23
  • Document Number: TR-670-ALS

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Gresenz, Carole Roan, Teague Ruder, and Nicole Lurie, Cellulitis-Associated Hospitalizations in Baltimore City, RAND Corporation, TR-670-ALS, 2009. As of October 7, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR670.html
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Gresenz, Carole Roan, Teague Ruder, and Nicole Lurie, Cellulitis-Associated Hospitalizations in Baltimore City. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2009. https://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR670.html.
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