title: Fatal post-cesarean endometritis: report of two Alabama cases.
abstract: Postpartum endometritis remains a major cause of morbidity in the puerperium with a fatal outcome on occasion. We present two cases of fatal, post-cesarean endometritis which occurred within a fifteen month period in Alabama. We discuss the features of endometritis including pathophysiology, causative organisms, risk factors and complications.
authors.affiliation: Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Birmingham 35205-3498, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Embry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004716:Endometritis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology