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Staphylococcus of a Newly Recognized Bacteriophage Type

Staphylococcus of a Newly Recognized Bacteriophage Type An outbreak of staphylococcal enterocolitis in a large hospital called attention to the high incidence of staphylococcal pneumonia, surgical-wound sepsis, and other infections. The strain responsible was untypable with the international bacteriophages and appears to be a newly recognized bacteriophage type which is lysed only by experimental bacteriophages D, B5, 77Ad, UC18, and SF. All enterocolitis cases occurred among patients who had been treated with broad spectrum antibiotics, either for treatment of hepatic decompensation or in preparation for bowel surgery. Most of the other severe infections occurred among elderly or debilitated patients who were receiving antibiotics. With more discriminatory use of neomycin, the enterocolitis outbreak subsided, although the strain remains endemic in the hospital. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Staphylococcus of a Newly Recognized Bacteriophage Type

JAMA , Volume 192 (11) – Jun 14, 1965

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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1965 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1965.03080240005001
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Abstract

An outbreak of staphylococcal enterocolitis in a large hospital called attention to the high incidence of staphylococcal pneumonia, surgical-wound sepsis, and other infections. The strain responsible was untypable with the international bacteriophages and appears to be a newly recognized bacteriophage type which is lysed only by experimental bacteriophages D, B5, 77Ad, UC18, and SF. All enterocolitis cases occurred among patients who had been treated with broad spectrum antibiotics, either for treatment of hepatic decompensation or in preparation for bowel surgery. Most of the other severe infections occurred among elderly or debilitated patients who were receiving antibiotics. With more discriminatory use of neomycin, the enterocolitis outbreak subsided, although the strain remains endemic in the hospital.

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 14, 1965

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