National Incidence of Pediatric Mastoiditis in the United States, 2000–2012: Creating a Baseline for Public Health Surveillance. Issue 1 (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: King, Laura M.; Bartoces, Monina; Hersh, Adam L.; Hicks, Lauri A.; Fleming-Dutra, Katherine E.
• Is Part Of: Pediatric infectious disease journal. Volume 38:Issue 1(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: mastoiditis -- acute otitis media -- antibiotic stewardship; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Infection in children -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002049
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-3668

Abstract

Abstract : Between 2000 and 2012, the national estimated incidence rate of pediatric mastoiditis, a rare but serious complication of acute otitis media, was highest in 2006 (2.7/100, 000 population) and lowest in 2012 (1.8/100, 000 population). This measure provides a baseline for public health surveillance in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era as stewardship efforts target antibiotic use in acute otitis media. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.