A prospective survey of hospital cross-infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
A prospective survey of pneumococcal carriage and infection between October 1984 and April 1985 in a male medical ward of a district general hospital is reported. In the hospital as a whole, pneumococcal infection, acquired more than 5 days after admission, accounted for some 20% of all pneumococcal infection.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification