title: Bacteremia on an obstetric-gynecologic service.
abstract: In a one-year evaluation of the Obstetric-Gynecologic Services of the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, bacteremia was confirmed on 144 occasions in 139 patients. This represented an over-all incidence of 7/1,000 admissions with gram-negative bacteremia observed in 3.1/1,000 admissions. There were four deaths in this series. The most frequently recovered aerobes were Escherichia coli, enterococci, and beta hemolytic streptococci, not Group A or D, while the most commonly isolated anaerobes were peptostreptococci, peptococci, and Bacteroides. These patterns of bacterial isolation should be acknowledged in antibiotic strategies for septic patients. There is a positive correlation between the incidence of intrapartum maternal and fetal monitoring and postpartum maternal bacteremia. The oncology patients were the most seriously ill women with bacteremia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002140:California; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000150:complications; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification