Discussion
Puerperal fever is a streptococcal infection of the _____________
Answer: C
Correct answer: uterus
Puerperal fever is streptococcal infection of the endometrium following childbirth, spreading from there to the bloodstream. It was the great killer of maternity wards until Semmelweis showed that hand disinfection prevented it, and it remains the historical demonstration that the organism is carried on the hands of attendants rather than arising within the patient.
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