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AN EPIDEMIC OF STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION IN A SKIN HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
NOBLE W. C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb13977.x
Subject(s) - tetracycline , streptococcus , medicine , neomycin , skin infection , streptococcus pyogenes , streptococcal infections , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , antibiotics , immunology , biology , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genetics
SUMMARY. The epidemic spread of a streptococcus through the wards of a skin hospital is described. Nineteen patients had lesions infected with a Group A Type T 8/25/Imp 19 streptococcus resistant to tetracycline and neomycin. Five skin or nasal carriers were also detected.