Volume 19, Number 1—January 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Staphylococcal Infections in Children, California, USA, 1985–2009
Kathleen Gutierrez
, Meira S. Halpern, Clea Sarnquist, Shila Soni1, Anna Chen Arroyo, and Yvonne Maldonado
, Meira S. Halpern, Clea Sarnquist, Shila Soni1, Anna Chen Arroyo, and Yvonne Maldonado
Figure 1
![Hospitalization trends for children <17 years of age, California, USA, 1985–2009. The incidence of hospitalizations and mean length of stay for children with staphylococcal infection (SI) are compared with the incidences of hospitalizations for cellulitis (Diagnosis Related Group [DRG] 279 or Medicare Severity–DRG 602–603) and for all-cause hospitalizations of children. The horizontal line separates the incidence graphs, which are to be read against the left axis, and the graph for length of](/eid/images/11-1740-F1.jpg "Figure 1. Hospitalization trends for children <17 years of age, California, USA, 1985–2009. The incidence of hospitalizations and mean length of stay for children with staphylococcal infection (SI) are compared with the incidences of hospitalizations for cellulitis (Diagnosis Related Group [DRG] 279 or Medicare Severity–DRG 602–603) and for all-cause hospitalizations of children. The horizontal line separates the incidence graphs, which are to be read against the left axis, and the graph for length of stay, which is read against the right axis.")
Figure 1. Hospitalization trends for children <17 years of age, California, USA, 1985–2009. The incidence of hospitalizations and mean length of stay for children with staphylococcal infection (SI) are compared with the incidences of hospitalizations for cellulitis (Diagnosis Related Group [DRG] 279 or Medicare Severity–DRG 602–603) and for all-cause hospitalizations of children. The horizontal line separates the incidence graphs, which are to be read against the left axis, and the graph for length of stay, which is read against the right axis.
1Current affiliation: Foodia, San Francisco, California, USA.
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