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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Staphylococcus aureus–associated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Ambulatory Care

Linda F. McCaig*Comments to Author , L. Clifford McDonald†, Sanjay Mandal†, and Daniel B. Jernigan†
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA; †Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 4

Average annual antimicrobial prescribing rates at ambulatory care visits for selected skin and soft tissue infections, by therapeutic subclass, United States*

Therapeutic subclass† 1992–1994 2001–2003
No. prescriptions/10,000 visits/y 95% CI No. prescriptions/10,000 visits/y 95% CI
All visits 6,899.9 6431.5–7368.3 7,298.6 6870.7–7726.5
Cephalosporins 3,039.3 2,704.5–3374.1‡ 3,558.3 3,191.2–3,925.4‡
Penicillins 1,098.7 826.1–1371.3 1,404.2 1,141.0–1,667.4
Lincosamides and macrolides 1,377.7 1,081.9–1673.5 668.7 508.6–828.8
Quinolones § NA 646.3 472.8–819.8
Sulfonamides and related compounds, antibacterial agents, miscellaneous 580.8 390.9–770.7 542.2 361.9–722.5
Tetracyclines 134.2 73.6–194.8 258.3 146.8–369.8

*CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.
†Therapeutic subclass is based on the standard 4-digit drug classification used in the National Drug Code Directory, 1985 and 1995 editions, respectively.
‡1992–1994 95% CI overlaps with 2001–2003 95% CI, but p<0.05.
§Does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

*CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.
†Therapeutic subclass is based on the standard 4-digit drug classification used in the National Drug Code Directory, 1985 and 1995 editions, respectively.
‡1992–1994 95% CI overlaps with 2001–2003 95% CI, but p<0.05.
§Does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

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