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 ...

Staphylococcus bacteria live on skin and can cause a staph infection if they enter the bloodstream. Staph infections can involve a range of symptoms, like vomiting, rashes or inflamed skin ...

1 Infection Control Programme ... supplemental oxygen and decolonization of staphylococcal body surface carriage seem to be promising. An actively performed surveillance for at least 30 days ...