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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
Mastoiditis incidence is 1.2–6.1 per 100,000 inhabitants in developed countries.[1] Serious progressions appear more frequently in young children. The rising incidence is connected to inadequate antibiotic dosing in otitis media, choice of antibiotics, and increasing resistance of bacteria.[2]
Age
- Acute mastoiditis is most common in children under two years of age. [3]
- The most common ages affected are 6–13 months, because in these ages ear infections are most common.[3]
Gender
- Males and women are affected equally by mastoiditis.
Race
- There is no racial predilection for mastoiditis.
Developing Countries
- Otitis media is most prevalent in developing countries, specifically Sub-Saharan West Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.[4]
- The incidence of otitis media in the above countries is between two and eight times higher than the rest of the world.
- The following risk factors are more prevalent in developing countries, correlated to the increase in otitis media incidence:[5]
- Exposure to HIV.
- Malnutrition
- Large proportion of children under 5 years old in population.
- Higher chance of water contamination
References
- ↑ Vassbotn FS, Klausen OG, Lind O, Moller P (2002). "Acute mastoiditis in a Norwegian population: a 20 year retrospective study". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 62 (3): 237–42. PMID 11852127.
- ↑ Geva A, Oestreicher-Kedem Y, Fishman G, Landsberg R, DeRowe A (2008). "Conservative management of acute mastoiditis in children". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 72 (5): 629–34. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.01.013. PMID 18304656.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Groth A, Enoksson F, Hultcrantz M, Stalfors J, Stenfeldt K, Hermansson A (2012). "Acute mastoiditis in children aged 0-16 years--a national study of 678 cases in Sweden comparing different age groups". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 76 (10): 1494–500. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.07.002. PMID 22832239.
- ↑ Qureishi A, Lee Y, Belfield K, Birchall JP, Daniel M (2014). "Update on otitis media - prevention and treatment". Infect Drug Resist. 7: 15–24. doi:10.2147/IDR.S39637. PMC 3894142. PMID 24453496.
- ↑ Lowy, Franklin D.; Zhang, Yan; Xu, Min; Zhang, Jin; Zeng, Lingxia; Wang, Yanfei; Zheng, Qing Yin (2014). "Risk Factors for Chronic and Recurrent Otitis Media–A Meta-Analysis". PLoS ONE. 9 (1): e86397. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086397. ISSN 1932-6203.