Epidemics of postoperative wound infections associated with hair carriers

Lancet. 1973 Nov 24;2(7839):1157-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(73)92933-4.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carrier State*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Culture Media
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Hair / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Operating Rooms
  • Penicillin Resistance
  • Penicillins / pharmacology
  • Povidone / pharmacology
  • Sampling Studies
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
  • Staphylococcus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Streptomycin / pharmacology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Penicillins
  • Povidone
  • Streptomycin