Orbital cellulitis epidemiology and demographics
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Tarek Nafee, M.D. [2]
Overview
Children are more affected by orbital cellulitis than adults. In childhood, males are more likely to contract the disease than females. Orbital cellulitis has a higher incidence in the winter months and follows the seasonal patterns of sinusitis and upper respiratory tract infections.[1][2][3]
Epidemiology and demographics
Age
Children are more affected by orbital cellulitis than adults. The mean age at diagnosis is 12 years among the entire population. Among children, the mean age at diagnosis is 7.5 years.[1][2]
Gender
In childhood, males are 2.7 times as likely to be affected by orbital cellulitis than females. In adulthood the incidence is the same among both sexes.[2]
Seasonality
Orbital cellulitis occurs more commonly in the winter months and follows the seasonal patterns of sinusitis and upper respiratory tract infections.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 American Association of Family Physicians (2003)http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0315/p1349a.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nageswaran S, Woods CR, Benjamin DK, Givner LB, Shetty AK (2006). "Orbital cellulitis in children". Pediatr Infect Dis J. 25 (8): 695–9. doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000227820.36036.f1. PMID 16874168.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bergin DJ, Wright JE (1986). "Orbital cellulitis". Br J Ophthalmol. 70 (3): 174–8. PMC 1040961. PMID 3954974.