| Autor: |
Lathrop GD, Brockett RM, Blouse LE |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Erste Abteilung Originale. Reihe A: Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Parasitologie [Zentralbl Bakteriol Orig A] 1978 Jul; Vol. 241 (1), pp. 108-18. |
| Abstrakt: |
Epidemiologic investigation of 20 Staphylococcus infections among valvular and aortocoronary bypass graft patients indicated a broad spectrum of clinical illness in these two groups. The highest infection rate (9.3%) and case specific mortality rate (54.5%) were noted among those patients undergoing cardiovalvular replacement surgery with protheses. The median onset of infection was 6 days suggesting infection during the intraoperative period. Using the epidemiologic data from this investigation, a transmission pattern was formulated and a series of control measures designed to interdict the routes of transmission were instituted wigh marked success. These measures significantly reduced the incidence of S. epidermidis infections among these high risk patients. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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