title: Wound infection in a children's hospital.
abstract: The operation wounds of 20 per cent of the children operated on in one surgical unit of a children's hospital became infected. Infection was commonest in the newly born operated on as emergencies, 50 per cent of whose wounds became infected. No connection was found between injection and nasal carriage of staphylococci. A possible source of infection in the young may be the umbilicus.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000367:Age Factors; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007902:Length of Stay; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents