Table 3.

Bacterial isolated from blood and endocervix of women with puerperal sepsis

Pathogen	Blood cultures		Endocervical swabs		Total Isolates
	Total Isolates N (%) a	From patients with Prior treatment N (%) b	Total Isolates N (%) a	From patients with Prior treatment N (%) b
Klebsiella spp	7 (31.8)	4 (57.1)	15 (17.4)	9 (60.0)	22
E. coli	6 (27.3)	4 (66.7)	62 (72.1)	29 (46.8)	68
Pseudomonas spp	2 (9.1)	2 (100.0)	–	–	2
Enterococci	2 (9.1)	2 (100.0)	–	–	2
S. aureus	5 (22.7)	3 (60.0)	8 (9.3)	4 (50.0)	13
Yeast cells	–	–	1 (1.2)	1 (100.0)	1
Total	22 (100.0)	15 (68.2)	86 (100.0)	43 (50.0)	108

^a Percentage within total isolates, ^b percentage within specific isolate