Just three months after having a normal physical examination, a young woman complains of lower-abdominal pain. What did her clinician miss? This is the second of a three-part series on sexually ...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) encompasses a spectrum of upper genital tract inflammatory disorders in women that includes any combination of endometritis, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and/or ...

Both ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrate normal results. The next best step in treatment is to conduct a pelvic exam, which demonstrated mild cervical motion tenderness. Consultation ...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a consequence of the infection of the upper genital tract in women, resulting in a plethora of pathological pelvic findings (ranging from mild endometritis to ...

Pelvic inflammatory disease (or PID) represents a polymicrobial infection usually occurring in sexually active females when causative microorganisms ascend from the lower into the upper genital tract.

pH 4.0-4.5 4.0-4.5 >4.5 5.0-6.0 The appearance of the discharge is unreliable and should never form the basis for diagnosis. Cervical inflammation is suggestive of cervicitis rather than vaginitis.