Objective: To summarize clinical features and treatments in reported cases of actinomycotic
pelvic abscess occuring in women using intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD), and to …

The Pap smear has been in use for more than half a century as the primary screening test for
preinvasive and invasive lesions of the uterine cervix. Although not the primary use and an …

Three new species, Eubacterium nodatum, Eubacterium timidum, and Eubacterium brachy,
were described, primarily from subgingival samples taken from patients with moderate and …

Cervical Papanicolaou smears from 69,925 women were screened prospectively for the
presence ofActinomyces israelii. The organism was not identified in non-intrauterine …

Actinomyces-like organisms (ALOs) are a common finding in Papanicolaou-stained cervico-
vaginal smears (PAP smears) of women using an intrauterine device (IUD). The incidence of …

As a corollary to a case-control study evaluating the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
among users of an intrauterine countraceptive device (IUD), Papanicolaou smears were …

Although the hypothesis that intrauterine device (IUD) use might promote cervical cancer
has been considered since the introduction of IUDs in the early 1900s, previous studies are …

Pelvic actinomycosis is associated with long-standing use of an intrauterine contraceptive
device and may present with clinical signs and symptoms of pelvic malignancy. Diagnostic …

Cervical smears from 293 users of intrauterine contraceptive devices attending family
planning clinics in East Fife, Dundee, and Angus were stained by Papanicolaou and Gram's …

Bacteria isolated from 108 intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCD) removed from patients
with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), haemorrhage, pregnancy and from asymptomatic …