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Infectious complications following cesarean delivery include fever,wound infection, endometritis, bacteremia, other serious infection(including pelvic abscess, septic shock, necrotizing fasciitis andseptic pelvic vein thrombophlebitis) and urinary tract infection(Gibbs 1980; Leigh 1990; Boggess 1996). Fever can occur afterany operative procedure and a low grade fever following a cesareandelivery may not necessarily be a marker of infection (MacLean1990). Without prophylaxis, the incidence of endometritis is reportedto range from 20 to 85%; rates of wound infection and seriousinfectious complications as high as 25% have been reported(Enkin 1989). There has been no consistent application of a standarddefinition for endometritis nor wound infection and surveillancestrategies for the ascertainment of infections, especially followinghospital discharge, varywidely (Hulton 1992;Baker 1995).Differences in the socioeconomic status of the population studiedwill explain some of the variability in incidence as will the use ofdifferent criteria to diagnose infection.
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