Staphylococci in a Community Hospital

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Abstract
THE frequent occurrence of antibiotic-resistant staphylococci from hospitalized patients has been repeatedly reported in the recent literature.1 2 3 4 5 It is thought that this phenomenon is related to the high carrier rate of hospital personnel. This view has been supported by the studies of Gould and Allen,6 who, by carrying out antibiotic-sensitivity testing and bacteriophage typing, established the fact that staphylococcal infections in hospitalized patients were derived from hospital nasal carriers. It has been further supported by the recent work of Brodie et al.,7 who reported that residence in the hospital for a week resulted in an increase in the nasal-carrier rate . . .