This organism may cause epidemics of puerperal sepsis.
Most female pelvic infections are caused by bacteria indigenous to the genital tract. Over the past 20 years, there have been repos of group A b-hemolytic streptococcus causing toxic shock-like syndrome and life-threatening infection Gram-positive cocci--group A streptococci, enterococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis Gram-negative bacteria--Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Anaerobes Cocci--Peptostreptococcus and Peptococcus species Others--Clostridium, Bacteroides, and Fusobacterium species, Mobiluncus species
Cytomegalovirus
Group A b-hemolytic streptococci
Group B b- hemolytic streptococci
Toxoplasma gondii
Puerperium