Postpartum endomyometritis due to Prevotella

Postpartum endomyometritis due to *Prevotella* is an acute bacterial infection of the endometrium and underlying myometrium following childbirth, driven primarily or as part of a polymicrobial process by anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli of the *Prevotella* genus Occurring in obstetric patients during the puerperium—most frequently following cesarean delivery or prolonged rupture of membranes—the condition arises when cervicovaginal organisms ascend into the traumatized uterine cavity Pathophysiol...

Postpartum endomyometritis due to *Prevotella* is an acute bacterial infection of the endometrium and underlying myometrium following childbirth, driven primarily or as part of a polymicrobial process by anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli of the *Prevotella* genus Occurring in obstetric patients during the puerperium—most frequently following cesarean delivery or prolonged rupture of membranes—the condition arises when cervicovaginal organisms ascend into the traumatized uterine cavity Pathophysiol...

Occurring in obstetric patients during the puerperium—most frequently following cesarean delivery or prolonged rupture of membranes—the condition arises when cervicovaginal organisms ascend into the traumatized uterine cavity

Defining clinical manifestations include postpartum maternal fever, lower abdominal pain, uterine tenderness, foul-smelling lochia, and leukocytosis, which can progress to pelvic abscesses, septic pelvic thrombophlebitis, or systemic sepsis if untreated