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==Epidemiology== Skin abscesses are common and have become more common in recent years.<ref name=NEJM2014/> Risk factors include [[intravenous drug use]], with rates reported as high as 65% among users.<ref name=Langrod2007/> In 2005, in the United States 3.2 million people went to the emergency department for an abscess.<ref name=Taira2009/> In Australia around 13,000 people were hospitalized in 2008 for the disease.<ref name=Vas2012/>
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