A celulite é uma afecção comum. O projeto Global Burden of Disease estimou que 56 milhões de casos de celulite (678.4 por 100,000 habitantes) ocorreram em 2021, causando 28,900 mortes.[3]Institute For Health Metrics and Evaluation. Global health metrics: cellulitis - level 4 cause. 2021 [internet publication].
https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/diseases-injuries-risks/factsheets/2021-cellulitis-level-4-disease
O sexo não afeta a taxa, mas o aumento da idade está associado a uma maior incidência.[3]Institute For Health Metrics and Evaluation. Global health metrics: cellulitis - level 4 cause. 2021 [internet publication].
https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/diseases-injuries-risks/factsheets/2021-cellulitis-level-4-disease
[4]McNamara DR, Tleyjeh IM, Berbari EF, et al. Incidence of lower-extremity cellulitis: a population-based study in Olmsted county, Minnesota. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Jul;82(7):817-21.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17605961?tool=bestpractice.com
Em um estudo realizado durante um período de 12 meses, de 2014 a 2015, a taxa de hospitalizações por celulite foi de 1100 por 100,000 em pessoas com 80 anos de idade ou mais, em comparação com 237 episódios por 100,000 na população geral.[5]Kumar M, Jong Ngian VJ, Yeong C, et al. Cellulitis in older people over 75 years - are there differences? Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Jan;49:37-40.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080119301803?via%3Dihub
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31867103?tool=bestpractice.com
As internações por celulite consistentemente atingem o pico em meses de verão, sendo esta sazonalidade observada em vários países.[6]Peterson RA, Polgreen LA, Cavanaugh JE, et al. Increasing incidence, cost, and seasonality in patients hospitalized for cellulitis. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017 Winter;4(1):ofx008.
https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/4/1/ofx008/2978056
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28480281?tool=bestpractice.com
[7]Hsu RJ, Chou CC, Liu JM, et al. The association of cellulitis incidence and meteorological factors in Taiwan. Epidemiol Infect. 2019 Jan;147:e138.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/epidemiology-and-infection/article/association-of-cellulitis-incidence-and-meteorological-factors-in-taiwan/1F6217953A0A5052F8AC4FFA1D9C4782
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30869041?tool=bestpractice.com
[8]Manning L, Cannon J, Dyer J, et al. Seasonal and regional patterns of lower leg cellulitis in Western Australia. Intern Med J. 2019 Feb;49(2):212-216.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29984905?tool=bestpractice.com
Desde o início dos anos 2000, houve um aumento nas visitas por infecções de pele com MRSA associado à comunidade; no entanto, análises mais aprofundadas concluíram que isso se deveu principalmente a abscessos e não a celulites.[9]Kaye KS, Petty LA, Shorr AF, et al. Current epidemiology, etiology, and burden of acute skin infections in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Apr 8;68(suppl 3):S193-9.
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/68/Supplement_3/S193/5428806
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30957165?tool=bestpractice.com
[10]Pallin DJ, Egan DJ, Pelletier AJ, et al. Increased US emergency department visits for skin and soft tissue infections, and changes in antibiotic choices, during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Mar;51(3):291-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18222564?tool=bestpractice.com
[11]Qualls ML, Mooney MM, Camargo CA Jr, et al. Emergency department visit rates for abscess versus other skin infections during the emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, 1997-2007. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jul;55(1):103-5.
http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/1/103.long
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460965?tool=bestpractice.com