An Outbreak of Streptococcal Skin Sepsis in a Closed Community
| Autor: | R. Y. Cartwright, C. I. Backhouse |
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| Rok vydání: | 1974 |
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Male Adolescent Streptococcus pyogenes Penicillin Resistance Staphylococcus Air Microbiology Penicillins Biology medicine.disease_cause Group A Antistreptolysin Disease Outbreaks Microbiology Sepsis Streptococcal Infections medicine Humans Skin Diseases Infectious Bacteriophage Typing General Environmental Science Phage typing Cross Infection Streptococcus General Engineering Outbreak Dust Papers and Originals General Medicine medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Virology Staphylococcus aureus Prisons General Earth and Planetary Sciences Chlortetracycline |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 3:497-499 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.3.5929.497 |
| Popis: | An outbreak of skin sepsis due to beta-haemolytic streptococcus group A M33, T3/13/B3264 occurred in a closed community. Staphylococcus aureus was also present in many of the lesions, but different strains were recognizable by phage typing. Environmental contamination was found. The outbreak was controlled by isolating infected boys and decontaminating the environment. Various aspects of the epidemiology and the pathogenesis of streptococcal infections are discussed. |
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