This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

LAWRENCE M. KLAINER, M.D.; HARI S. AGRAWAL, M.D.; EDWARD A. MORTIMER, JR., M.D.; EMANUEL WOLINSKY, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1962;103(4):564-568.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

The control of staphylococcal disease in newborn nurseries continues to be a major problem. In spite of all precautions, sporadic outbreaks of staphylococcal infections continue to occur, and epidemics of staphylococcal disease are not uncommon. Such epidemics are usually well established before they are recognized, since clinical manifestations of the infection often do not appear until after the newborns have been discharged from the hospital.

Recently it was brought to our attention that newborn infants were being returned to the clinics of this hospital with staphylococcal pyoderma. Accordingly, a bacteriological survey was undertaken which indicated that most of the nursery population was heavily colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, Phage Type 54. This population offered a unique opportunity for investigation, since the survey also indicated that the colonized with Staphylococcus aureus, Phage Type 54. This population offered a unique opportunity for investigation, since the survey also indicated that the epidemic was maintained . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CLEVELAND

Markle Scholar in Medical Science (Dr. Mortimer).; Edward A. Mortimer, Jr., M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 3395 Scranton Rd., Cleveland 9.; From the Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital and Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 20, 1961.

These studies were conducted under the sponsorship of the Commission on Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Diseases, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, and supported by the Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?