Peptostreptococcus endomyometritis

*Peptostreptococcus* endomyometritis is a localized pelvic infection involving inflammation and bacterial invasion of both the endometrial lining and the underlying myometrium of the uterus, driven specifically or as part of a polymicrobial process by anaerobic gram-positive cocci of the genus *Peptostreptococcus* Most commonly arising postpartum or following invasive gynecologic procedures, it occurs when endogenous flora ascend into the uterine cavity, where disruption of mucosal barriers and ...

*Peptostreptococcus* endomyometritis is a localized pelvic infection involving inflammation and bacterial invasion of both the endometrial lining and the underlying myometrium of the uterus, driven specifically or as part of a polymicrobial process by anaerobic gram-positive cocci of the genus *Peptostreptococcus*

Most commonly arising postpartum or following invasive gynecologic procedures, it occurs when endogenous flora ascend into the uterine cavity, where disruption of mucosal barriers and retained tissue create an ideal anaerobic environment for proliferation Clinically, the condition is characterized by postpartum or pelvic fever, lower abdominal pain, marked uterine tenderness on bimanual examination, leukocytosis, and frequently malodorous or purulent lochial discharge If untreated, the infection...

Most commonly arising postpartum or following invasive gynecologic procedures, it occurs when endogenous flora ascend into the uterine cavity, where disruption of mucosal barriers and retained tissue create an ideal anaerobic environment for proliferation Clinically, the condition is characterized by postpartum or pelvic fever, lower abdominal pain, marked uterine tenderness on bimanual examination, leukocytosis, and frequently malodorous or purulent lochial discharge

If untreated, the infection may progress into the deeper parametrial tissues, form pelvic abscesses, or induce systemic bacteremia and sepsis