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Clinical and microbiological investigation of women with acute salpingitis and their consorts
Article first published online: 22 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07997.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 93, Issue 8, pages 869–880, August 1986
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KINGHORN, G. R., DUERDEN, B. I. and HAFIZ, S. (1986), Clinical and microbiological investigation of women with acute salpingitis and their consorts. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 93: 869–880. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1986.tb07997.x
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- Issue published online: 22 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 22 AUG 2005
- Received 19 August 1985, Accepted 10 December 1985
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Summary. To determine the microbiological causes of pelvic inflammatory disease, 43 women with acute salpingitis (AS) and 160 controls were studied. Amongst AS women there were significantly higher endocervical isolation rates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (54%vs 6%), Chlamydia trachomatis (40%vs 13%), Mycoplasma hominis (60%vs 19%), enterobacteria (26%vs 11%) and anaerobic bacteria (58%vs 29%). A polymicrobial pathogenic endocervical flora was present in both gonococcal and non-gonococcal AS. Laparoscopic sampling of the fallopian tubes rarely provided useful microbiological data but did reveal the inaccuracy of clinical diagnosis of AS. Thirty-four male consorts of AS women were investigated; 20 had gonorrhoea and 27 had non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). A high proportion of infected men had asymptomatic gonorrhoea (35%) and/or asymptomatic NGU (56%). These findings had implications for the management of AS.