Post-op gynecological Peptostreptococcus infection

A post-op gynecological *Peptostreptococcus* infection is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following operative procedures such as hysterectomies, cesarean deliveries, or pelvic resections It commonly manifests as pelvic cellulitis, surgical-site wound infection, vaginal cuff cellulitis, endometritis, or deep pelvic and tubo-ovarian abscesses

A post-op gynecological *Peptostreptococcus* infection is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following operative procedures such as hysterectomies, cesarean deliveries, or pelvic resections Pathophysiologically, *Peptostreptococcus* species—anaerobic gram-positive cocci that normally colonize the mucosal flora of the lower genital tract—translocate into disrupted tissue planes, devitalized surgical margins, or dead space during instrument...

A post-op gynecological *Peptostreptococcus* infection is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following operative procedures such as hysterectomies, cesarean deliveries, or pelvic resections It commonly manifests as pelvic cellulitis, surgical-site wound infection, vaginal cuff cellulitis, endometritis, or deep pelvic and tubo-ovarian abscesses

It commonly manifests as pelvic cellulitis, surgical-site wound infection, vaginal cuff cellulitis, endometritis, or deep pelvic and tubo-ovarian abscesses

Pathophysiologically, *Peptostreptococcus* species—anaerobic gram-positive cocci that normally colonize the mucosal flora of the lower genital tract—translocate into disrupted tissue planes, devitalized surgical margins, or dead space during instrumentation In this low-oxygen environment, these bacteria thrive, often within polymicrobial biofilms, triggering localized tissue necrosis, purulent discharge, pelvic pain, systemic fever, and leukocytosis

Pathophysiologically, *Peptostreptococcus* species—anaerobic gram-positive cocci that normally colonize the mucosal flora of the lower genital tract—translocate into disrupted tissue planes, devitalized surgical margins, or dead space during instrumentation

In this low-oxygen environment, these bacteria thrive, often within polymicrobial biofilms, triggering localized tissue necrosis, purulent discharge, pelvic pain, systemic fever, and leukocytosis