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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2021

Etiology and Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Looking Beyond Gonorrhea and Chlamydia.

Caroline M Mitchell, Gloria E Anyalechi, Craig R Cohen, Catherine L Haggerty, Lisa E Manhart, Sharon L Hillier

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Caroline M MitchellDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Massachusetts.
Gloria E AnyalechiDivision of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Craig R CohenDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
Catherine L HaggertyDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Lisa E ManhartDepartments of Epidemiology and Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Sharon L HillierDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh and the Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USMagee-Womens Research Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

University of North Carolina - Chlamydia Vaccine Initiative (UNC-CVI)U19AI144181 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DARVILLE, TONI · 2019 to 2023
$10.7M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI144181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a clinical syndrome that has been associated with a wide range of potential causal pathogens. Three broad groups of organisms have been isolated from the genital tract of people with PID: sexually transmitted organisms such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Trichomonas vaginalis; bacterial vaginosis (BV)-associated species and genera such as Atopobium vaginae, Sneathia, and Megasphaera; and genera and species usually associated with the gastrointestinal or respiratory tracts such as Bacteroides, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus, or Haemophilus influenza. Although PID is often considered to be synonymous with gonorrhea or chlamydia, these pathogens are found in only one quarter to one third of people with PID, suggesting that broader screening and diagnostic and treatment strategies need to be considered to reduce the burden of PID and its associated sequelae.

Indexed as

Pelvic Inflammatory DiseaseChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisFemaleGonorrheaHumansMycoplasma genitaliumMycoplasma InfectionsNeisseria gonorrhoeaeSexually Transmitted DiseasesVaginabacterial vaginosischlamydiagonorrheapelvic inflammatory diseasesexually transmitted infections

Identifiers

PMID34396407
PMCPMC8365120
OpenAlexW3195823502

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