Correspondence : Nahid Arianpour, Tehran, Iran. Tel: 912-2977306 Fax: 2188021913 E mail: [email protected] causes of maternal death for many decades (2). Infection made up 13% of pregnancy related deaths and was the fifth leading cause of death. In majority of instances bacteria responsible for postpartum infection are those that normally reside in the bowel (2). Most female pelvic infections...
