An epidemic of Streptococcus pyogenes puerperal and postoperative sepsis with an unusual carrier site--the anus.

Adult Anal Canal Carrier State Cephalothin/therapeutic use Female Humans Injections, Intramuscular Penicillin G/therapeutic use Penicillin Resistance Penicillin V/therapeutic use Postoperative Complications/epidemiology,etiology Pregnancy Puerperal Infection/epidemiology,etiology Streptococcal Infections/drug therapy,epidemiology Streptococcus pyogenes Tetracycline/therapeutic use Vancomycin/therapeutic use

Vancomycin Tetracycline Penicillin G Cephalothin Penicillin V