EPIDEMIC NEONATAL DIARRH$OElig;A IN MATERNITY HOSPITALS II.?BACTERIOLOGICAL ASPECT

Cross-infection in hospital due to Salmonella derby

“…As far as can be discovered from a survey of the literature, studies on hospital cross-infections have been concerned mainly with the spread of haemolytic streptococci (Allison & Brown, 1937;Cruickshank & Godber, 1939), diphtheria bacilli (Glass & Wright, 1938; Crosbie & Wright, 1941) and other upper respiratory tract pathogens. However, the spread of gastro-intestinal infections has not been subjected to intensive study mainly because of the frequent difficulty in establishing the aetiology in many of these outbreaks (Rice, Best, Frant & Abramson, 1937; Crowley, Downie, Fulton & Wilson, 1941). In the present instance we were fortunate in dealing with Salmonlla derby, a pathogen of apparent rarity in Australia.…”

Epidemic Infantile Diarrhea and Vomiting

“…Aureomycin, in doses of 10 mg, was given 6 HOSPITAL DAY 9 10 She was admitted on the 9t8h day of her illness, and was found t'o h v e ninrkedlg lowered turgor, with tlepressetl fontanelle arid signs of niild intoxicnt.ioii. She wa.8 passing loose, foul srnelling, niwous stools of a gellowish-green colonr.…”

Salmonella Infections in Queensland

“…We can say that there was certainly very little bacillary dysentery in Brisbane during the period, and we may feel fairly sure that we wonld have demonstrated more Salmonella infections if we had been able to examine more cases thoroughly; but we cannot suggest what proportion of the residue might really have been due to some other agent. Our experience might have led us to doubt the reality of the group of unknown aetiology, even in our neo-natal series, if it were not for the failure of careful bacteriological work elsewhere, like that reported bj ' Crowley et al (1941) in England and indicated by Campbell (1945) in Melbourne.…”