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Table 3 List of suspected pathogens

From: The development and evaluation of a community-based clinical diagnosis tool and treatment regimen for postpartum sepsis in Bangladesh and Pakistan

Facultative aerobic bacterial pathogens

Anaerobic bacteria

Atypical bacteria by Real time PCR

(a) Gram-positive

Peptococcus sp.

Chlamydia trachomatis

Beta-hemolytic streptococci—Groups A, B, C, D, F

Peptostreptococcus sp.

Mycoplasma hominis, genitalium

Other streptococci (intermedius, sanguis, etc)

Bacteroides fragilis, bivis, disiens

Uroplasma urealyticum

Enterococci

Clostridia ramosum,

 

Staphylococcusaureus

Perfringens, welchii, sordellei

 

Aerococcus urinae

Fusobacterium

(b) Gram-negative

  

Gardenerella vaginalis

  

Enterobacteriaceae, such as klebsiella pneumoniae, enterobacter, escherichia coli, citrobacter, proteus mirabilis

  

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  

Neisseria gonorrheae

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