Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
"Pelvic Inflammatory Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES; (SALPINGITIS); the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages. Such inflammation can lead to functional impairment and infertility.
| Descriptor ID |
D000292
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.635.500 C13.351.500.056.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Disease, Pelvic Inflammatory
- Diseases, Pelvic Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Diseases, Pelvic
- Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases
- Pelvic Disease, Inflammatory
- Inflammatory Disease, Pelvic
- Inflammatory Pelvic Disease
- Disease, Inflammatory Pelvic
- Diseases, Inflammatory Pelvic
- Inflammatory Pelvic Diseases
- Pelvic Diseases, Inflammatory
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pelvic Inflammatory Disease" by people in Profiles.
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ISUOG Consensus Statement on rationalization of gynecological ultrasound services in context of SARS-CoV-2. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 06; 55(6):879-885.
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Is There a Benefit to Culturing Intra-Uterine Devices in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2019; 84(1):20-26.
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Safety and efficacy of tigecycline in complicated and uncomplicated pelvic inflammatory disease. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2018 06; 22(11):3595-3601.
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Rates of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy in Australia, 2009-2014: ecological analysis of hospital data. Sex Transm Infect. 2018 11; 94(7):534-541.
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Pelvic inflammatory disease risk following negative results from chlamydia nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) versus non-NAATs in Denmark: A retrospective cohort. PLoS Med. 2018 01; 15(1):e1002483.
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A teenage girl with lower abdominal pain. BMJ. 2017 11 23; 359:j5122.
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What Antibiotic Regimen Is Most Efficacious in Treating Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? Ann Emerg Med. 2017 12; 70(6):840-842.
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Comparison of the population excess fraction of Chlamydia trachomatis infection on pelvic inflammatory disease at 12-months in the presence and absence of chlamydia testing and treatment: Systematic review and retrospective cohort analysis. PLoS One. 2017; 12(2):e0171551.
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Should Female Partners of Men With Non-Gonococcal Urethritis, Negative for Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium, Be Informed and Treated? Clinical Outcomes From a Partner Study of Heterosexual Men With NGU. Sex Transm Dis. 2017 02; 44(2):126-130.
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The cost effectiveness of opportunistic chlamydia screening in England. Sex Transm Infect. 2007 Jul; 83(4):267-74; discussion 274-5.