Post–Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure Sepsis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Woman

Abstract

Although a cellulose hemostatic agent contaminated with perineal secretions may have served as a nidus for infection, use of perioperative antibiotics or cervical cleansing should be considered to prevent sepsis in immunocompromised hosts.

Outcome of loop electrosurgical excision for HIV‐positive women in a low‐resource outpatient setting

“…For example, Szymanski et al [21] reported post-LEEP sepsis in an HIV-infected woman. In this study, only 1.4% of HIVinfected women experienced cervical wound infection after LEEP, which did not differ from previous reports of 1.4% to 14.4% in women whose HIV status was unknown [18][19][20]22].…”