Perineal Carriers of Staphylococci
- 1 August 1964
- Vol. 2 (5404), 280-281
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.5404.280
Abstract
A total of 3,508 patients admitted to a medical department were examined for perineal carriage of pathogenic staphylococci: 13% had these organisms in the perineum, either in the perineum alone or combined with other sites, and 2.6% had staphylococci only in the perineum. As patients with perineal carriage easily contaminate their bedclothes, they can more easily than other carriers become heavy dispersers. Perineal carriers may therefore be a greater problem in the handling of hospital infection than is expressed by their incidence. Quantitative studies to be reported point in this direction.Keywords
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