Sepsis in surgical wounds with particular reference to staphylococcus aureus
✍ Scribed by Suzanne K. R. Clarke
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 512 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
IN spite of antibiotics sepsis in surgical wounds, especially with antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is still a major problem (Howe, 1954).
During a survey of staphylococcal cross-infection in surgical wards in this hospital, it was found that 80 per cent of the 154 moist wounds in one of the wards were infected at some time with Staph. aureus, and that 31 per cent of patients with drained wounds went home with a wound still discharging Staph. aureus. I n the present paper the severity of the problem of staphylococcal sepsis as seen during that survey is assessed. Throughout the paper Staph. aureus refers to a coagulase-positive staphylococcus and Staph. albus refers to a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (Staph. saprophyticus, Shaw, Stitt, and Cowan, I 95 I).