TY - JOUR
AU1 - Puck, Theodore T.
AU2 - Hamburger, Morton
AU3 - Robertson, O. H.
AU4 - Hurst, Valerie
AB - THE EFFECT OF TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL VAPOR ON AIR-BORNE BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI IN HOSPITAL WARDS II. THE COMBINED ACTION OF GLYCOL VAPOR AND DUST CONTROL MEASURES THEODORE T. PUCK, MORTON HAMBURGER, JR., O. H. ROBERTSON, VALERIE HURST From the Department of Medicine, the Douglas Smith Foundation f~r ~edical ~esearch, the B~rtlett Memorial Fund of the University of Chicago and from the Commission on AIr-Borne Infections, Board for the Investigation and Control of Influenza and other Epidemic Diseases in the Army, Preventive Medicine Service, Office of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army In the preceding paper, a study of the PLAN OF THE STUDY effect of vaporizing triethylene glycol The investigation was carried out in in hospital wards housing streptococcal the spring of 1944 at the Station Hos­ carriers was reported. It was found that pital of Camp Carson in Colorado. while a marked reduction in numbers of Wards of the W2 type housing patients air-borne beta hemolytic streptococci suffering from streptococcal pharyngitis­ could be produced, complete disappear­ tonsillitis were used. The general plan ance of these microorganisms from the of the study was similar to that pursued air of the ward could rarely be achieved during the preceding year! but 
TI - The Effect of Triethylene Glycol Vapor on Air-Borne Beta Hemolytic Streptococci in Hospital Wards
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/76.3.216
DA - 1945-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-effect-of-triethylene-glycol-vapor-on-air-borne-beta-hemolytic-Ae2wra5cpH
SP - 216
EP - 225
VL - 76
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -