<P> Puerperal fever (from the Latin puer, male child (boy)), is no longer favored as a diagnostic category . Instead, contemporary terminology specifies: </P> <Ol> <Li> the specific target of infection: endometritis (inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus), metrophlebitis (inflammation of the veins of the uterus), and peritonitis (inflammation of the membrane lining of the abdomen) </Li> <Li> the severity of the infection: less serious infection (contained multiplication of microbes) or possibly life - threatening sepsis (uncontrolled and uncontained multiplication of microbes throughout the blood stream). </Li> </Ol> <Li> the specific target of infection: endometritis (inflammation of the inner lining of the uterus), metrophlebitis (inflammation of the veins of the uterus), and peritonitis (inflammation of the membrane lining of the abdomen) </Li> <Li> the severity of the infection: less serious infection (contained multiplication of microbes) or possibly life - threatening sepsis (uncontrolled and uncontained multiplication of microbes throughout the blood stream). </Li>

Management of postpartum patient that is febrile and breastfeeding