الخلاصة

this study ,which is a case control study ,the aim was to study the puerperal sepsis in al-Najaf city and to find out the different factors that is related to the occurrence of this problem . A total of 100 post partum women suffering from puerperal sepsis who were attending the outpatient clinics of AL –Hakeem and AL-Zahraa maternity and child Hospital ,and another 100 post partum women who were free from any signs or symptoms of puerperal sepsis ,but they were attending different outpatient clinics in AL-Hakeem ,AL-Zahra'a and many other health service centers ,for the sake of their babies vaccination or for any other cause ,were chosen as a control group .It was concluded from the study that the age of most incidence of puerperal sepsis was the (20-24) years ; when the parity was taken in consideration it was found that the primiparous were the mostly affected in contrast to the control group where the multiparas were the mostly predominant . Most of the patient group were delivered in a general hospital while most of control group had been delivered in homes. It was found that E.coli was the mostly predominant microorganism isolated from the patients group 23% by streptococcus agalactiae and proteus vulgaris 5% for each