Author:
Jellard C. H.,Churcher Gillian M.
Abstract
An outbreak of infection in a Premature Baby Unit due to a single strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is described. The outbreak lasted for 16 months, during which this organism was isolated from the faeces of 99/418 premature babies, many of them being symptomless carriers. There were seven deaths due to the infection. The source of the epidemic was not found. The main reservoir of infection was the babies' faeces. Though many full-term babies were symptomless carriers of the epidemic strain of Ps. aeruginosa, they were not ill.Measures for control of the outbreak, and the aetiology of neonatal intestinal infection with Ps. aeruginosa are discussed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Immunology
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