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Significance of Clostridia in the Female Reproductive Tract

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Abstract

In a 30-month interval at the University of Michigan Medical Center, there were 20 isolations of members of the clostridium species from sites of infection, 7 from patients with pregnancy-related infections and 13 from gynecology patients. In the majority of instances, 17 of 20 women, the recovery of these organisms was not associated with a serious infection. In 3 women, the infection was severe enough to warrant operative intervention. These findings reinforce the dictum that the diagnosis of a clostridial infection cannot be based solely upon microbiologic data.

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