CH 23 25 Micro
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Puerperal sepsis
Ø Organism
Ø Transmission
Ø Reservoir
Ø Symptoms
Ø Treatment -
AKA Childbirth fever
Ø Organism: streptococcus pyogenes
Ø Transmission: to mother during childbirth by physicians and
midwives, nosocomial
Ø Reservoir: Human nasopharynx
Ø Symptoms- 1st infection in uterus as result of childbirth/abortion
Ø Treatment: Penicillin