Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease in relation to chlamydia and gonorrhea testing, repeat testing, and positivity: A population-based cohort study
Clinical Infectious Diseases Jan 22, 2018
Reekie J, et al. - In a whole-population cohort, researchers investigated the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) associated with Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhea) infection and subsequent repeat infections. Compared to chlamydia, gonorrhea infection was found to be associated with a substantially higher risk of hospitalization or Emergency Department presentation for PID. The emergence of gonorrhea antimicrobial resistance could have a serious impact on rates of PID and its associated reproductive health sequelae.
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