Pneumococcal endometritis and neonatal sepsis.

A recent case of postpartum maternal endometritis and neonatal sepsis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae prompted this report and a review of previous citations. Although this rare presentation of pneumococcal infection is potentially fatal to both mother and child, early empiric antibiotic coverage for the most frequent etiologic agents of this syndrome, group B streptococci, was and is adequate for systemic pneumococcal infections.