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Cross infection in diphtheria wards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

V. Glass  and
H. D. Wright
V. Glass
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, University of Liverpool
H. D. Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, University of Liverpool
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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.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , March 1938 , pp. 248 - 254
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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