… One third of 67 women hospitalized for puerperal sepsis (PPS) were culture-negative; the
bacteria … and puerperal sepsis (PPS) are major causes of both outpatient and inpatient hospital …

… (1) A consecutive series of 41 cases of puerperal pyrexia, as defined by the Ministry, selected
… suffered from the severest clinical formli of puerperal sepsis, some at the City of London …

… expected that puerperal sepsis and its … puerperal sepsis in these obstetric referral centres
in Port Harcourt. Objective: To determine the risk factors and complications of puerperal sepsis …

… factors in association with puerperal morbidity by virtue of … Bacterial isolates from 18 subjects
with GAS puerperal infection … among women with GAS puerperal infection is associated …

… a cause of puerperal sepsis and … puerperal infection or as a contributor to infectious morbidity
in complicated pregnancies.“-’ However, precise data on the incidence of puerperal sepsis, …

… have been delivered-sepsis, 3 cases; outdoor, 24,683-no sepsis. Glasgow Maternity … -sepsis
49; outdoor, 3,840-sepsis 43. At this rate, since 1884 there have been 2,009 cases of sepsis …

… After completion of this article, the reader should be able to recall that world wide puerperal
sepsis is a leading cause of maternal mortality, state that many of the predisposing factors …

… puerperal sepsis, the position shows no improvement, but rather grows worse. Twenty years
ago the death rate from puerperal sepsis … maternal deaths from sepsis were entered under …

… , thus, these show the burden of clinically defined puerperal sepsis as a cause of mortality,
rather than the actual incidence of puerperal sepsis(14). There are several studies done in …

… of puerperal sepsis is poor. There is the need to put more emphasis on the causes of puerperal
sepsis … This could help reduce morbidity and mortality associated with puerperal sepsis. …