ArticleInfectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology2011
A practical approach to the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.
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- Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021.MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports · 2021Guideline
- Improving adherence to guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease: a systematic review.Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology · 2012Pooled it
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- A Need for Standardization of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Pilot Study in an Outpatient Clinic in Quito, Ecuador.Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology · 2020Article
- Salpingitis Impairs Bovine Tubal Function and Sperm-Oviduct Interaction.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Discovery of Blood Transcriptional Endotypes in Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2018Article
- Update on Chlamydia trachomatis Vaccinology.Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI · 2017Review
- Gas chromatography-mass spectrometric method-based urine metabolomic profile of rats with pelvic inflammatory disease.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2016Article
- May mean platelet volume levels be a predictor in the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease?Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2014Article
- Diagnosis of emergencies/urgencies in gynecology and during the first trimester of pregnancy.Journal of ultrasound · 2014Article
- Usefulness of 11C-choline positron emission tomography for genital chlamydial infection assessment in a BALB/c murine model.Molecular imaging and biology · 2013Article
- Unexpected gynecologic findings during abdominal surgery.Current problems in surgery · 2012Review
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Current Concepts of Diagnosis and Management.Current infectious disease reports · 2012Article
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Abstract
The diagnosis of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is usually based on clinical criteria and can be challenging for even the most astute clinicians. Although diagnostic accuracy is advocated, antibiotic treatment should be instituted if there is a diagnosis of cervicitis or suspicion of acute PID. Currently, no single test or combination of diagnostic indicators have been found to reliably predict PID, and laparoscopy cannot be recommended as a first line tool for PID diagnosis. For this reason, the clinician is left with maintaining a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis as he/she evaluates the lower genital tract for inflammation and the pelvic organs for tenderness in women with genital tract symptoms and a risk for sexually transmitted infection. This approach should minimize treating women without PID with antibiotics and optimize the diagnosis in a practical and cost-effective way.
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