Hospital-acquired infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
A prospective survey was carried out in the winter of 1983-84 to determine the incidence of hospital-acquired pneumococcal chest infection in a district general hospital. Twenty-one patients (of a total of 103 infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae) were assessed as having hospital-acquired infection. The implication of this and the need for further studies are discussed.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies