National Incidence of Pediatric Mastoiditis in the United States, 2000-2012: Creating a Baseline for Public Health Surveillance

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Jan;38(1):e14-e16. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002049.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease / epidemiology
  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mastoiditis / epidemiology*
  • Otitis Media / complications*
  • Otitis Media / drug therapy
  • Otitis Media / epidemiology*
  • Pneumococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines / therapeutic use
  • Public Health Surveillance / methods*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines