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Bacitracin Ointment and Neonatal Staphylococci

Bacitracin Ointment and Neonatal Staphylococci Abstract The control of staphylococcal disease in newborn nurseries continues to be a major problem. In spite of all precautions, sporadic outbreaks of staphylococcal infections continue to occur, and epidemics of staphylococcal disease are not uncommon. Such epidemics are usually well established before they are recognized, since clinical manifestations of the infection often do not appear until after the newborns have been discharged from the hospital. Recently it was brought to our attention that newborn infants were being returned to the clinics of this hospital with staphylococcal pyoderma. Accordingly, a bacteriological survey was undertaken which indicated that most of the nursery population was heavily colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, Phage Type 54. This population offered a unique opportunity for investigation, since the survey also indicated that the colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, Phage Type 54. This population offered a unique opportunity for investigation, since the survey also indicated that the epidemic was maintained References 1. Gillespie, W. A.; Simpson, K., and Tozer, R. C.: Staphylococcal Infection in a Maternity Hospital: Epidemiology and Control , Lancet 2: 1075-1080, 1958.Crossref 2. Hurst, V.: Transmission of Hospital Staphylococci Among Newborn Infants: II. Colonization of the Skin and Mucous Membranes of the Infants , Pediatrics 25:204-214, 1960. 3. Jellard, J.: Umbilical Cord as Reservoir of Infection in a Maternity Hospital , Brit. Med. J. 1:925-928, 1957.Crossref 4. Manfield, P. A.; Shooter, R. A., and Lidwell, O. M.: Nasal Staphylococci and Sepsis in Newborn Babies , Brit. Med. J. 1:1098-1099, 1960.Crossref 5. Simpson, K.; Tozer, R. C., and Gillespie, W. A.: Prevention of Staphylococcal Sepsis in a Maternity Hospital by Means of Hexachlorophane , Brit. Med. J. 1:315-317, 1960.Crossref 6. Corner, B. D.; Crowther, S. T., and Eades, S. M.: Control of Staphylococcal Infection in a Maternity Hospital: Clinical Survey of the Prophylactic Use of Hexachlorophene , Brit. Med. J. 1:1927-1929, 1960.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Diseases of Children American Medical Association

Bacitracin Ointment and Neonatal Staphylococci

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Abstract The control of staphylococcal disease in newborn nurseries continues to be a major problem. In spite of all precautions, sporadic outbreaks of staphylococcal infections continue to occur, and epidemics of staphylococcal disease are not uncommon. Such epidemics are usually well established before they are recognized, since clinical manifestations of the infection often do not appear until after the newborns have been discharged from the hospital. Recently it was brought to our attention that newborn infants were being returned to the clinics of this hospital with staphylococcal pyoderma. Accordingly, a bacteriological survey was undertaken which indicated that most of the nursery population was heavily colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, Phage Type 54. This population offered a unique opportunity for investigation, since the survey also indicated that the colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, Phage Type 54. This population offered a unique opportunity for investigation, since the survey also indicated that the epidemic was maintained References 1. Gillespie, W. A.; Simpson, K., and Tozer, R. C.: Staphylococcal Infection in a Maternity Hospital: Epidemiology and Control , Lancet 2: 1075-1080, 1958.Crossref 2. Hurst, V.: Transmission of Hospital Staphylococci Among Newborn Infants: II. Colonization of the Skin and Mucous Membranes of the Infants , Pediatrics 25:204-214, 1960. 3. Jellard, J.: Umbilical Cord as Reservoir of Infection in a Maternity Hospital , Brit. Med. J. 1:925-928, 1957.Crossref 4. Manfield, P. A.; Shooter, R. A., and Lidwell, O. M.: Nasal Staphylococci and Sepsis in Newborn Babies , Brit. Med. J. 1:1098-1099, 1960.Crossref 5. Simpson, K.; Tozer, R. C., and Gillespie, W. A.: Prevention of Staphylococcal Sepsis in a Maternity Hospital by Means of Hexachlorophane , Brit. Med. J. 1:315-317, 1960.Crossref 6. Corner, B. D.; Crowther, S. T., and Eades, S. M.: Control of Staphylococcal Infection in a Maternity Hospital: Clinical Survey of the Prophylactic Use of Hexachlorophene , Brit. Med. J. 1:1927-1929, 1960.Crossref

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American Journal of Diseases of Children – American Medical Association

Published: Apr 1, 1962

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