Nosocomial transmission of group B streptococci
| Autor: | A J Clare, R P Rivers, B Bloxham, M J Hastings, J Stringer, R Marwood, C S Easmon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Postnatal Care
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Group B Infant Newborn Diseases Serology Streptococcus agalactiae Sepsis Hygiene Streptococcal Infections London medicine Humans General Environmental Science media_common Phage typing Cross Infection business.industry Nosocomial transmission General Engineering Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Nurseries Hospital Genital tract General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | British medical journal (Clinical research ed.). 283(6289) |
| ISSN: | 0267-0623 |
| Popis: | The acquisition of group B streptococci by babies in a special-care baby unit and two postnatal wards was investigated over a six-month period using serology and phage typing. Sixty-three culture-positive babies were identified in the postnatal wards, one-third of whom had been born to mothers who were not carrying the organism in the genital tract or anorectal area during labour. A non-maternal source was identified for 14 of these 21 infants: either colonised mothers and babies in the same ward or, on one occasion, a member of the hospital staff. In the special-care baby unit, however, only one instance of nosocomial acquisition of group B streptococci was recorded despite a high prevalence of colonisation in the staff on the unit and the presence of heavily colonised babies. The results of this survey suggest that although sepsis caused by group B streptococci may be the result of nosocomial transmission, this may be prevented by careful attention to hygiene. |
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