Analysis of an Outbreak of Puerperal Fever Due to Group A Streptococci by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting

• Main Authors: Jacques F. G. M. Meis (Author), Harry L. Muytjens (Author), Paul P. van den Berg (Author), Andreas Voss (Author), Willem J. G. Melchers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Streptococcus pyogenes is the cause of the classical childbed fever and can occur in both sporadic and epidemic form. Once an outbreak is identified on a maternity ward it is not only necessary to place the patients in strict isolation but also identify to the source of the infection. Fas...