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6350476

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
An outbreak of infection due to Streptococcus pyogenes occurred in a geriatric rehabilitation unit between February and September 1981, affecting 10 patients and two staff. The severity of the illness ranged from asymptomatic throat carriage, through skin and soft-tissue sepsis, to fulminant septicaemia and necrotising fasciitis: two patients died of their infection. Streptococcus pyogenes infection may present in a variety of ways, and may be dangerous. Recently developed serological tests have been found useful in the surveillance of an outbreak. Although Streptococcus pyogenes is sensitive to penicillin and other antibiotics, good ward hygiene is still essential for controlling such an outbreak in an institution.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0163-4453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Virulent Streptococcus pyogenes: outbreak and spread within a geriatric unit.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports