Richman D D, Breton S J, Goldman D A
J Pediatr. 1977 Mar;90(3):387-90. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(77)80698-7.
Four patients developed group A streptococcal wound infections shortly following orthopedic surgery. Two of these patients developed scarlet fever which provided an early indication of the presence of a streptococcal epidemic. A single antigenically characteristic strain of group A streptococci was recovered from the wounds of all four patients and from the anus of one surgeon who had participated in the surgery on three of the patients.
