Ureaplasma urealyticum as a cause of postpartum fever.
Mycoplasma hominis has been shown to cause a postpartum fever in nonimmune women and among the approximately 5% of febrile postpartum women who have the organism isolated from the blood. Ureaplasma urealyticum causes postpartum fever in the 20% of febrile women with U. urealyticum alone isolated from the endometrium. About 5% of febrile postpartum women have U. urealyticum isolated from the blood. These data suggest that both genital mycoplasmas can cause postpartum fever.
D002585:Cesarean Section; D004716:Endometritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009180:Mycoplasmatales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*