Diagnosis of postpartum endometritis

Shatunova E.P., Lineva O.I., Fedorina T.A., Tarasova A.V., Limareva L.V., Kostina E.A.

1) Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia; 2) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University “Reaviz”, Samara, Russia; 3) N.I. Pirogov Samara City Clinical Hospital No 1, Samara, Russia; 4) N.A. Semashko Samara Clinical Hospital No 2, Samara, Russia
Objective. To evaluate laboratory parameters and to assess the clinical and morphological features of the course of postpartum metroendometritis (PME) in women. Materials and methods. A total of 174 postpartum women were followed up. They were divided into a study group that included 124 patients with PME and a comparison group that consisted of 50 healthy puerperas. The general clinical and biochemical parameters of serum cytokines (TNF-α, and IL-10), and the microflora of the cervical canal were studied. Results. The puerperas with PME were found to have changes in the blood levels of cytokines, C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, and white blood cells in relation to the severity of the disease. In cases of its severe course, a positive correlation was established between the levels of IL-10 and C-reactive protein (r = +0.63; p<0.05), IL-10, and leukocytosis (r = +0.26, p>0.05), whereas a negative correlation was found between those and the amount of fibrinogen (r = -0.53; p<0.05). A positive correlation was shown between the levels of CRP and TNF-α (r = +0.64, p<0.05) and those and leukocytosis (r = +0.77; p<0.05). Analyzing the spectrum of the microflora in the puerperas revealed that the most common isolates were Escherichia coli (19.3% (24/124)), Enterococcus faecalis (16.9% (17/124)), Staphylococcus haemoliticus (12.9% (16/124)), Staphylococcus aureus (10.4% (13/124)), Klebsiella pneumoniae (3.2% (4/124)), and associations (66.1% (82/124)). Conclusion. The found cytokine balance changes in PME can be used as an additional method to assess the nature of its course.

Keywords

postpartum metroendometritis
cytokines
interleukin-10
tumor necrosis factor-α
systemic inflammatory response syndrome
microflora

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Received 08.02.2021

Accepted 12.02.2021

About the Authors

Elena P. Shatunova, Dr. Med. Sci., Professor, Head of the Department of obstetrics and gynecology with a course of endoscopic surgery and simulation training, Medical University "Reaviz". Tel.: +7(846)333-54-51. Е-mail: e.shatunova@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0001-7381-2243. 443001, Russia, Samara, Chapaevskaya str., 227.
Olga I. Lineva, Dr. Med. Sci., Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samara State Medical University.
Tel.: +7(846)207-19-68. Е-mail: olineva@yandex.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-2232-0980. 443099, Russia, Samara, Chapaevskaya str., 89.
Larisa V. Limareva, Dr. Bio. Sci., Associate Professor, Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Samara State Medical University.
Tel.: +7(846) 260-09-42. Е-mail: larisa-limareva@yandex.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-4529-5896. 443079, Russia, Samara, Gagarina str., 20.
Tatyana A. Fedorina, Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation, Dr. Med. Sci., Professor, Head of the Department of General and Clinical Pathology, Samara State Medical University. Tel.: +7(846)337-80-72. Е-mail: fedorina_ta@list.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-2313-2893. 443100, Russia, Samara, Artsybushevskaya str., 171.
Anastasia V. Tarasova, post-graduate student of the Department of obstetrics and gynecology with a course of endoscopic surgery and simulation training,
Medical University "Reaviz"; obstetrician-gynecologist, N.I. Pirogov Samara City Hospital No. 1. Е-mail: knopochka663922@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0002-2849-0844.
443001, Russia, Samara, Chapaevskaya str., 227.
Elena A. Kostina, post-graduate student of the Department of obstetrics and gynecology with the course of endoscopic surgery and simulation training,
Medical University "Reaviz"; obstetrician-gynecologist, N.A. Semashko Samara City Hospital No. 2. Е-mail: lenakostina1993@mail.ru. ORCID: 0000-0003-3300-5177.
443001, Russia, Samara, Chapaevskaya str., 227.

For citation: Shatunova E.P., Lineva O.I., Fedorina T.A., Tarasova A.V., Limareva L.V., Kostina E.A. Diagnosis of postpartum endometritis.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/ Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2021; 2: 135-140 (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2021.2.135-140

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