This organism may cause epidemics of puerperal sepsis.: (A) Cytomegalovirus, (B) Group A b-hemolytic streptococci, (C) Group B b- hemolytic streptococci, (D) Toxoplasma gondii
Answer is B. 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