Valerie Hurst

Pseudomonads in Human Saliva

SYNOPSIS IN INTERLINGUA PSEUDOMONADES IN SALIVA HUMAN.—Saliva ab 350 subjectos normal esseva cultivate quantitativemente con tres medios selective de Pseudomonas aeruginosa e altere pseudomonades. P. aeruginosa esseva trovate in 6,6 pro cento del subjectos, con numerationes de inter 10 e plus que 1000 germines per ml. de saliva. P. putida esseva presente in 1,7 pro cento del subjectos, con numerationes de inter 10 e 100 per ml. P. fluorescens esseva trovate in 0,6 pro cento del casos, con numerationes de minus que 10 per ml. Il pare que P. aeruginosa es un componente residente del flora oral de certe subjectos, durante que le duo altere species es probabilemente species transiente.

FIVE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP SURVEY OF AN OUTBREAK OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION IN A HOSPITAL NURSERY.

IN the spring of 1957 an outbreak of staphylococcal impetigo occurred in our nursery. Type 80/81 was recovered from the lesions, and about one third of the infants were found to carry this strain a...

SPREAD OF EPIDEMIC INFECTION AMONG NEWBORN INFANTS.

Epidemic infection in the newborn nursery can best be prevented by (1) excluding infants of infected mothers, (2) excluding personnel who have active infection, and (3) careful housekeeping.Few hospitals deal realistically with the problem of relieving from duty nursery personnel who have active infection. Intelligent control of an outbreak of infection requires an understanding of the multiple sites of proliferation of the pathogen. The chain of infection from older to younger infants must be broken.

Changing Staphylococcal Phage Types in Therapy of Recurrent Furunculosis.

Excerpt This study concerns a 43-year-old housewife with an 8-year history of recurring furuncles and carbuncles. For a 1½-year period repeated cultures of abscesses and multiple other sites, inclu...