Abstract

Seventy-four infants had their noses swabbed for pathogenic staphylococci on admission to hospital, and at four-day intervals until their discharge. Forty per cent of the infants were carriers on admission, many of the organisms being of multiple antibiotic resistance. The majority of these latter were admissions from other hospitals, and attention is drawn to the potential danger of this source of staphylococci.

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