ABSTRACT

The genesis of nosocomial infection resides within Obstetrics and Gynecology; more specifically with the problem created by the group A beta-hemolytic streptococcipuerperal sepsis.

Hippocrates is reputed to be the first person to recognize the association between puerperal fever and erysipelas:

‘If erysipelas of the wound seize a woman with child, it will probably prove fatal.’