ABSTRACT
The genesis of nosocomial infection resides within obstetrics and gynecology; more specifically, with the problem created by the group A beta-hemolytic streptococci-puerperal 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.
