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18 Jun 2024
Postpartum infection
Question:
A 24-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital 24 hours after delivering a healthy baby. She presents with fever, abdominal pain and foul-smelling lochia. Physical examination reveals a tender uterus to palpation. Blood cultures are positive for a Gram-positive coccus that is catalase negative and beta-hemolytic on blood agar. Which is the most likely infectious agent?
Options:
A)Staphylococcus aureus
B)Escherichia coli
C)Neisseria gonorrhoeae
D)Streptococcus agalactiae
E)Streptococcus pyogenes
Postpartum infection
Question:
A 24-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital 24 hours after delivering a healthy baby. She presents with fever, abdominal pain and foul-smelling lochia. Physical examination reveals a tender uterus to palpation. Blood cultures are positive for a Gram-positive coccus that is catalase negative and beta-hemolytic on blood agar. Which is the most likely infectious agent?
Options:
A)Staphylococcus aureus
B)Escherichia coli
C)Neisseria gonorrhoeae
D)Streptococcus agalactiae
E)Streptococcus pyogenes