Open AccessDecreasing Incidences of Gonorrhea- and Chlamydia-Associated Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Author(s) -
Francis Kamwendo,
Lars Forslin,
Lennart Bodin,
Dan Danielsson
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/00007435-199609000-00007
Subject(s) - pelvic inflammatory disease , medicine , gonorrhea , incidence (geometry) , ectopic pregnancy , chlamydia , population , concomitant , gynecology , obstetrics , infertility , pelvic pain , pregnancy , surgery , immunology , physics , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , optics , genetics
Acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) affects women in their reproductive years and is often a complication of a sexually transmitted disease (STD), particularly Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. Infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic lower abdominal pain are common long-term sequelae to acute PID. Through different preventive measures, endemic N. gonorrhoeae is almost eliminated, and C. trachomatis has been reduced almost fourfold in Sweden.