Pelvic inflammatory disease is usually caused byChlamydia trachomatisorNeisseria
gonorrhoeae. Chlamydiae and gonococci are primary pathogens of the cervix and often …

Acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is generally caused by bacterial infection, occurring
most often in nonpregnant women without a recent surgical entry into the abdominal or …

The role of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the etiology and pathogenesis of acute salpingitis and
its relationship to nongonococcal salpingitis were investigated. To accomplish this goal …

The prognosis is now better than it was before the advent of antibiotics, but the outlook is stiIl
far from satisfactory, and many workers in this field assert that antibiotics can improve the …

Attack rates of acute pelvic inflammatory disease have been estimated in a population of
women of reproductive age in 1965. The over-all crude attack rate in the population at risk …

Diagnostic laparoscopy performed during an infertility evaluation identified 80 patients with
hydrosalpinges (12% of all laparoscopic examinations performed for infertility). Despite …

Gynecologic disorders in the newborn child and adolescent are sufficiently infrequent that
the general obstetrician-gynecologist often needs a ready reference when confronted with a …

There is a potential role for laparoscopy in the management of patients with suspected
salpingo-oophoritis. It would be helpful in establishing the diagnosis in patients who are …

ENVIRONMENT is defined as the aggregate of all external and internal conditions affecting
the existence, growth, and welfare of organisms. Consideration of environrnental factors in …

The experience with acute pelvic inflammatory disease at the Sacramento Medical Center
was reviewed for the sixyear period from March 1966 through February 1972. This. paper …