Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Epidemiology of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

   • David A. Eschenbach

   Pages 1-20

3. Risk Factors for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and Associated Sequelae

   • Nancy S. Padian, A. Eugene Washington

   Pages 21-29

4. Microbial Etiology of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

   • Richard L. Sweet

   Pages 30-59

5. Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

   • Pål Wølner-Hanssen

   Pages 60-75

6. Treatment of Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

   • Richard L. Sweet

   Pages 76-93

7. Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Complicating Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

   • Daniel V. Landers

   Pages 94-106

8. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in Pregnancy

   • Joseph G. Pastorek II

   Pages 107-115

9. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Adolescent Female

   • Vivien Igra, Jonathan Ellen, Mary-Ann Shafer

   Pages 116-138

10. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and HIV-1 Infection

    • Abner P. Korn, Daniel V. Landers

    Pages 139-145

11. Prevention of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

    • Julius Schachter

    Pages 146-151

12. Long-term Sequelae of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Tubal Factor Infertility, Ectopic Pregnancy, and Chronic Pelvic Pain

    • Joan M. Chow, Julius Schachter

    Pages 152-169

13. Histopathology of Genital Tract Infection with C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae

    • Nancy Kiviat

    Pages 170-180

14. Behavioral Aspects of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

    • Stuart N. Seidman, Sevgi Okten Aral

    Pages 181-203

15. Back Matter

    Pages 205-210

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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is an in-depth, thorough guide for the clinician on the most common complication of sexually transmitted pathogens. Edited and written by the preeminent experts in the field, this volume presents the etiology, treatment, and diagnosis of PID, as well as chapters on risk factors, epidemiology, and prevention. In addition, the myriad clinical complications and challenges are discussed in chapters on tuboovarian abscess, PID and HIV infection, sequelae of PID, PID in adolescence, and PID in pregnancy. This is a must-have resource for obstetrician-gynecologists, primary care physicians, and all clinicians who provide health care to women of all ages.

• complications
• fertility
• histopathology
• infection
• infertility
• pain
• pregnancy

• Division of Reproductive Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Women’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA

  Daniel V. Landers

• Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Women’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA

  Richard L. Sweet

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