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  • Title: [Microbial etiology of mild and moderate pelvic inflammatory disease].
    Author: Narcio ML, Arredondo JL, Zaldivar A, Quesnel C, Casanova G, Guerra CF, Sosa IE, Zúñiga M, Flores S, Guajardo R.
    Journal: Ginecol Obstet Mex; 1998 Aug; 66():309-15. PubMed ID: 9745190.
    Abstract:
    Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is one of the most severe complications of sexually transmitted disease (STD). It can be due to the ascending of normal endogenous microorganisms of the female genital tract or the infection by microorganisms related to STD as Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. PID leads to serious gynecoobstetric consequences as infertility and ectopic pregnancy. Clinicians face the problem of knowing the ethiology of PID in order to treat appropriatly patients with this clinical diagnosis. So that, this work pretends to establish what kind of microorganisms are implicated in PID. A proper isolation and identification of microorganisms achieved by culture of lower genital tract samples from endocervix, endometrium and peritoneal fluid, leading to a betther, specific and proper treatment of this disease.
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