Pelvic inflammatory disease after hysterosalpingography associated with Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma hominis

  1. BIRGER R. MØLLER1,
  2. JIM ALLEN2,
  3. BENTE TOFT2,
  4. KARL BROGAARD HANSEN2,
  5. DAVID TAYLOR-ROBINSON1,*

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04734.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 91, Issue 12, pages 1181–1187, December 1984

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MØLLER, B. R., ALLEN, J., TOFT, B., HANSEN, K. B. and TAYLOR-ROBINSON, D. (1984), Pelvic inflammatory disease after hysterosalpingography associated with Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma hominis. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 1181–1187. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04734.x

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  1. 1

    Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, UK

  2. 2

    Institute of Medical Microbiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Aarhus, Denmark

* David Taylor-Robinson, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3UJ.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 25 April 1984; Accepted 10 May 1984

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Summary. A total of 116 women were referred for hysterosalpingography because of primary or secondary infertility. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the cervix of four (3.4%) of the patients whereas Mycoplasma hominis was isolated from 39 (33.6%) of them. Four patients developed acute pelvic inflammatory disease after hysterosalpingography; two of them were chlamydia culture-positive and developed a significant chlamydial antibody response during the course of the disease. One of the other two patients, who developed upper genital-tract infection, was culture positive for M.hominis and developed a significant antibody response to this micro-organism. The results indicate that C.trachomatis should be sought in patients before hysterosalpingography and, if detected, appropriate antibiotic cover should be instituted before the procedure.

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