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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 21, 498-502, Copyright © 1974 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

An Outbreak of Streptococcal Wound Sepsis: Contamination of the Wound During Operation

J. PORTNOY M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1, J. MENDELSON M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1, J. P. DECHENE M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1, and I. SHRAGOVITCH M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.S.1

1 Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Anaesthesiology and Surgery, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal 249, Quebec, Canada

A limited epidemic of post-operative wound infections caused by group A betahaemolytic streptococcus occurred on the surgical service of the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal in September of 1973. An occult respiratory infection in an anaesthetist appears to have been the source of this outbreak, which was promptly curbed by appropriate control measures. This report emphasizes the necessity for stringent enforcement of techniques for the prevention of transmission of infection.






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