Cross infection in diphtheria wards
- 1 March 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 38 (2) , 248-254
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400011074
Abstract
1. Evidence is adduced to indicate that cross infection occurred in 36·6% of a series of 246 patients in diphtheria wards.2. In patients who were in hospital longer than 2 months it occurred in 68%.3. Persistence of diphtheria bacilli in the upper respiratory tract was responsible for prolongation of hospitalization in 76% of cases in a series examined.4. In 80% of these cases this persistence was a result of cross infection.5. The administrative importance of cross infection is discussed.Keywords
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