Analysis of an outbreak of puerperal fev
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Jacques F.G.M. Meis; Harry L. Muytjens; Paul P. van den Berg; Andreas Voss; Will
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Article
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1997
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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English
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Objective: Streptococcus pyogenes is the cause of the classical childbed fever and can occur in both sporadic and epidemic form. Once an outbreak is identified on a maternity ward it is not only necessary to place the patients in strict isolation but also identify to the source of the infection. Fas