[Pathogens of transmitted disease in the pathogenesis of acute pelvic inflammatory disease]

Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi. 2001 Sep;36(9):539-41.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To study the pathogenesis of pathogens of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).

Methods: Neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trchomatis, ureaplasma urealyticum were cutured respectively in 130 patients with acute PID.

Results: The pathogens of STD had been found in 55 patients. The detective rate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was 6.9% (9/130), about half of them were mixed infection; the detective rate of chlamydia trachomatis was 4.6% (6/130), all of them were mixed infection; the positive percentage of ureaplasma urealyticum was 37.7% (49/130), one third of them were mixed infection.

Conclusion: The pathogens of STD might cause acute PID or only play a synergetic role in it.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae / isolation & purification
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / etiology*
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / microbiology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum / isolation & purification