| clinical and microbiologic risk evaluation for post-cesarean section endometritis by multivariate discriminant analysis: role of intraoperative mycoplasma, aerobes, and anaerobes. | the clinical and microbiologic risk factors for postpartum endometritis were studied prospectively in 77 patients undergoing cesarean section without antibiotic prophylaxis at harbor-university of california at los angeles medical center. intraoperative cultures were obtained from the amniotic fluid, lower uterine segment, and abdominal wound for isolation of genital mycoplasmas, aerobes, and anaerobes. postsection endometritis developed in 21 (27%) patients and was significantly associated with ... | 1987 | 3555082 |