This organism may cause epidemics of puerperal sepsis.
Correct Answer: Group A b-hemolytic streptococci
Description: Most female pelvic infections are caused by bacteria indigenous to the genital tract. Over the past 20 years, there have been repos of group A b-hemolytic streptococcus causing toxic shock-like syndrome and life-threatening infection Gram-positive cocci--group A streptococci, enterococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis Gram-negative bacteria--Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Anaerobes Cocci--Peptostreptococcus and Peptococcus species Others--Clostridium, Bacteroides, and Fusobacterium species, Mobiluncus species
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