Group C streptococcal surgical wound infections transmitted by an anorectal and nasal carrier

1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 820
Author(s):  
Eugene H. Courtiss
Keyword(s):  
Wound Infections ◽  
Surgical Wound ◽  
Nasal Carrier

Group C Streptococcal Surgical Wound Infections Transmitted by an Anorectal and Nasal Carrier

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-237
Author(s):  
Donald A. Goldmann ◽  
Sylvia J. Breton
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Infection ◽  
Wound Infections ◽  
Surgical Wound ◽  
Postoperative Wound ◽  
Nasal Carrier ◽  
Surgical Infection ◽  
Oral Penicillin ◽  
Perianal Dermatitis ◽  
Lancefield Group

Streptococcus equisimilis (Lancefield group C), an unusual cause of nosocomial surgical infection, was isolated from two orthopedic postoperative wound infections. Both operations had been performed by the same surgeon within a three-day period. Examination of the surgeon revealed perianal dermatitis from which S. equisimilis was isolated. The organism was also recovered from the surgeon's nose and rectum. The wound infections responded to treatment with penicillin derivatives. The surgeon was successfully treated with topical bacitracin and oral penicillin and vancomycin. This report documents the pathogenicity of the C Streptococcus in postoperative infection and suggests a possible nosocomial source of the organism.

Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections in Operating Rooms

1980 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
J.L. Burt ◽  
David Allen Turpin
Keyword(s):  
Operating Rooms ◽  
Wound Infections ◽  
Surgical Wound

scholarly journals Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo C Dumville ◽  
Emma McFarlane ◽  
Peggy Edwards ◽  
Allyson Lipp ◽  
Alexandra Holmes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wound Infections ◽  
Surgical Wound
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