Post-op gynecologic infection due to Bacteroides

Post-operative gynecologic infection due to *Bacteroides* is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following procedures such as hysterectomy, laparotomy, or pelvic reconstructive surgery Clinical manifestations typically include postoperative fever, localized pelvic pain, purulent vaginal discharge, and leukocytosis, frequently progressing to vaginal cuff cellulitis, deep pelvic cellulitis, or localized abscess formation

Post-operative gynecologic infection due to *Bacteroides* is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following procedures such as hysterectomy, laparotomy, or pelvic reconstructive surgery It arises when obligate anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—endogenous commensals of the lower genital and gastrointestinal tracts—inoculate disrupted surgical planes, either alone or as part of a polymicrobial process

Post-operative gynecologic infection due to *Bacteroides* is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following procedures such as hysterectomy, laparotomy, or pelvic reconstructive surgery It arises when obligate anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—endogenous commensals of the lower genital and gastrointestinal tracts—inoculate disrupted surgical planes, either alone or as part of a polymicrobial process Clinical manifes...

Post-operative gynecologic infection due to *Bacteroides* is a bacterial surgical complication affecting the female reproductive tract and pelvic tissues following procedures such as hysterectomy, laparotomy, or pelvic reconstructive surgery It arises when obligate anaerobic Gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—endogenous commensals of the lower genital and gastrointestinal tracts—inoculate disrupted surgical planes, either alone or as part of a polymicrobial process

Clinical manifestations typically include postoperative fever, localized pelvic pain, purulent vaginal discharge, and leukocytosis, frequently progressing to vaginal cuff cellulitis, deep pelvic cellulitis, or localized abscess formation

Clinical manifestations typically include postoperative fever, localized pelvic pain, purulent vaginal discharge, and leukocytosis, frequently progressing to vaginal cuff cellulitis, deep pelvic cellulitis, or localized abscess formation