Open AccessLeading markers of clinical strains of Staphylococcus aureus circulating in obstetric institutions
Author(s) -
Л. Т. Мусина,
K. K. Gladkova,
N. A. Semina
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj90596
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , mastitis , obstetrics , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , genetics , pathology , bacteria , biology
Hospital-acquired infections (nosocomial infections) are a serious public health problem. According to V.T. Sokolovsky [6], annually they are registered in more than 5 million people, 200 thousand of whom die, and the economic damage is estimated at more than 500 million rubles. Obstetric and surgical institutions are "hospitals at risk" of nosocomial infections. On discharge from the maternity hospital, hospital strains of S. aureus are found in 60% of women in labor and 6097% of newborns [2, 5]. In the structure of nosocomial infections, mastitis, thrombophlebitis, pyelocystitis prevail in mothers, and pyoderma and abscesses in children. In 81% of newborns and 89% of postpartum women, the causative agent is Staphylococcus aureus [3, 7].