Wound infections after cesarean section with Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. A report of three cases

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1990 Sep-Oct;13(5):363-5. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(90)90002-d.

Abstract

Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum were isolated from the surgical wounds of three patients who developed endometritis and a wound infection after cesarean section. In all patients, aspiration of the incision yielded a cloudy serosanguinous exudate. Gram stain of the fluid revealed numerous white blood cells but no bacteria. All patients responded to antibiotic therapy and local wound care.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cesarean Section*
  • Endometritis / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Mycoplasma Infections / complications
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
  • Mycoplasmatales Infections / complications
  • Mycoplasmatales Infections / microbiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Surgical Wound Infection / complications
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
  • Ureaplasma / isolation & purification*