Increasing Incidence of Serious Head and Neck Infections among Children in the United States, 2018-2023.

There has been a significant, postpandemic increase in the incidence of serious head and neck infections among children aged <18 years since 2021, compared with the stable incidence of nontransmissible osteomyelitis and serious head and neck infections in adults from 2018 to 2023. The etiology of this increase requires further study.