Hospitalisations for pelvic inflammatory disease temporally related to a diagnosis of Chlamydia or gonorrhoea: a retrospective cohort study.

The presence and severity of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) symptoms are thought to vary by microbiological etiology but there is limited empirical evidence. We sought to estimate and compare the rates of hospitalisation for PID temporally related to diagnoses of gonorrhoea and chlamydia.All wome...

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Main Authors: Joanne Reekie, Basil Donovan, Rebecca Guy, Jane S Hocking, Louisa Jorm, John M Kaldor, Donna B Mak, David Preen, Sallie Pearson, Christine L Roberts, Louise Stewart, Handan Wand, James Ward, Bette Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3990571?pdf=render