Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on the characteristics and drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria in puerperium infection after cesarean section.Methods The clinical data of 79 patients with puerperal infection after cesarean section who were admitted to the hospital from May 2018 to July 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the presence of diabetes during pregnancy, they were divided into a study group (gestational diabetes mellitus, n = 47) and a control group (pregnancy without diabetes mellitus, n = 32). The general data of the two groups of patients were compared. The characteristics of pathogenic bacteria at different infection sites in the two groups were compared. The distribution of pathogenic bacteria during puerperium between the two groups was compared. The resistance of two groups of puerperal infections to the main gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Gluconobacter epidermidis) to common antibiotics was compared. The drug resistance of the main gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) infected in the puerperium to common antibiotics was compared between the two groups.Results There was no significant difference in gestational age, feeding method, infection site, age, and labor process between the two groups (P >0.05). A total of 94 strains were isolated from the specimens of 79 patients with puerperal infection after cesarean section, 41 strains were isolated and detected in the control group, and 53 strains were isolated and detected in the research group. There was no significant difference in the infection site of pathogenic bacteria between the two groups (P > 0.05). Among the 94 strains, 50 strains of Gram-positive bacteria (53.19%), 32 strains of Gram-negative bacteria (34.04%), and 12 strains of fungi (12.77%). There was no significant difference in the proportion of Gram-positive bacteria and fungi in puerperium infection between the two groups (P > 0.05). The proportion of Gram-negative bacteria cases in the puerperium infection in the study group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The proportion of Escherichia coli in Gram-negative bacteria infected during puerperium in the study group was higher than that in the control group (P <0.05). The resistance to ampicillin, ofloxacin, cefradine, and ciprofloxacin in the main gram-positive bacteria infected in the puerperium in the two groups were all over 50%. The resistance to cefotaxime of Staphylococcus aureus infected during puerperium in the study group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The resistance to ampicillin, ceftazidime, and gentamicin of the main gram-negative bacteria infected in the puerperium in the two groups were all over 50%. The resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected during puerperium to piperacillin / tazobactam and imipenem in the study group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05).Conclusion Gestational diabetes mellitus has a certain influence on the characteristics and drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria in puerperium infection after cesarean section, which can increase the Gram-negative infection rate, and can improve the drug resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.