This organism may cause epidemics of puerperal sepsis.
High-Yield Explanation
Most female pelvic infections are caused by bacteria indigenous to the genital tract. Over the past 20 years, there have been repos of group A b-hemolytic streptococcus causing toxic shock-like syndrome and life-threatening infection Gram-positive cocci--group A streptococci, enterococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis Gram-negative bacteria--Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Anaerobes Cocci--Peptostreptococcus and Peptococcus species Others--Clostridium, Bacteroides, and Fusobacterium species, Mobiluncus species