Cesarean delivery is a common obstetrical procedure opted by many pregnant women. But there is a risk of postpartum surgical site infection with this procedure. This article enumerates the risk factors, preventive measures, and management of surgical site infection associated with cesarean delivery. Cesarean delivery is among the most common obstetrical procedures performed for child birth.
Over the past few decades, there is a dramatic rise in the incidence of such deliveries. But this procedure may be accompanied by several complications, surgical site infection (SSI) as an important one. It includes wound infections and endometritis. Wound infection, which presents with discharge and erythema, may be due to groups A or B hemolytic Streptococcus, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Enterococcus facialis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, and Staphylococcus aureus.…
