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June 1963, Vol 105, No. 6 >
Article | June 1963

III. The Georgia Epidemic FREE

HENRY R. SHINEFIELD, MD; MARVIN BORIS, MD; JOHN C. RIBBLE, MD; ELLSWORTH F. CALE, MD; HEINZ F. EICHENWALD, MD
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Supported in part by New York Health Research Council Grant U-1231, Nursery Research Fund of New York Hospital, and Grants E-3669, AI-00998, AI-02846 of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.

* Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta.


Am J Dis Child. 1963;105(6):663-673. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1963.02080040665017.
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Definition of Terms.—A glossary of terms used in this publication is included in a previous paper.1

In the preceding papers of this series, evidence has been presented which indicates that the 502A strain of Staphylococcus aureus is capable of colonizing the cord and nasal mucosa of newborn infants,1 and that the presence of this organism actively interferes with the subsequent acquisition of other coagulase positive staphylococci, including type 80/81, under epidemic conditions.2 The present communication presents additional evidence bearing on this point, as well as certain other data on the ecology of staphylococcal infection in newborn infants and their contacts.

During September and October of 1961, an increase in the rate of impetigo among infants discharged from a proprietary Atlanta hospital was noted by the pediatricians in the area. Preliminary studies were carried out by a group of investigators from the Communicable Disease Center between Nov

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Shinefield, H. R.; Ribble, J. C.; Boris, M.; and Eichenwald, H. F.:  Bacterial Interference: Its Effect on Nursery-Acquired Infection with Staphylococcus Aureus; I. Preliminary Observations on Artificial Colonization of Newborns , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, p 646.
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Shinefield, H. R.; Sutherland, J. M.; Ribble, J. C.; and Eichenwald, H. F.:  Bacterial Interference: Its Effect on Nursery-Acquired Infection with Staphylococcus Aureus; II. The Ohio Epidemic , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, p 655.
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Cohen, J. O.; Smith, P. B.; Shotts, E. B.; Boris, M.; and Updyke, E. L.:  Bacterial Interference: Its Effect on Nursery-Acquired Infection With Staphylococcus Aureus; VI. Detection of Implanted Staphylococcus Aureus Strain , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, p 689.
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Rountree, P. M., and Barbour, R. G. H.:  Nasal Carrier Rates of Staphylococcus Pyogenes in Hospital Nurses , J Path Bact 63:313, 1951;.
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Clarke, S. K. R.:  Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus , J Path Bact 73:253, 1957;.
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Dowling, H. F.; Lepper, M. H.; Jackson, G. G.:  Observations on the Epidemiological Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococci with Measurements of the Changes in Sensitivity to Penicillin and Aureomycin , Amer J Public Health 43:860, 1953;.

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Shinefield, H. R.; Ribble, J. C.; Boris, M.; and Eichenwald, H. F.:  Bacterial Interference: Its Effect on Nursery-Acquired Infection with Staphylococcus Aureus; I. Preliminary Observations on Artificial Colonization of Newborns , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, p 646.
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Shinefield, H. R.; Sutherland, J. M.; Ribble, J. C.; and Eichenwald, H. F.:  Bacterial Interference: Its Effect on Nursery-Acquired Infection with Staphylococcus Aureus; II. The Ohio Epidemic , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, p 655.
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Cohen, J. O.; Smith, P. B.; Shotts, E. B.; Boris, M.; and Updyke, E. L.:  Bacterial Interference: Its Effect on Nursery-Acquired Infection With Staphylococcus Aureus; VI. Detection of Implanted Staphylococcus Aureus Strain , Amer J Dis Child , this issue, p 689.
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Rountree, P. M., and Barbour, R. G. H.:  Nasal Carrier Rates of Staphylococcus Pyogenes in Hospital Nurses , J Path Bact 63:313, 1951;.
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Clarke, S. K. R.:  Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus Aureus , J Path Bact 73:253, 1957;.
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Dowling, H. F.; Lepper, M. H.; Jackson, G. G.:  Observations on the Epidemiological Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococci with Measurements of the Changes in Sensitivity to Penicillin and Aureomycin , Amer J Public Health 43:860, 1953;.

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