A spectrum of inflammation involving the female upper genital tract and the supporting tissues. It is usually caused by an ascending infection of organisms from the endocervix. Infection may be confined to the uterus (ENDOMETRITIS), the FALLOPIAN TUBES; (SALPINGITIS); the ovaries (OOPHORITIS), the supporting ligaments (PARAMETRITIS), or may involve several of the above uterine appendages. Such inflammation can lead to functional impairment and infertility.
    

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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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Ovulos Vipla / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.

Pelvic inflammatory disease / by Women's Reproductive Rights Information Centre with thanks to the Canadian PID Society.

The treatment of pelvic inflammations through the vagina / by William R. Pryor.

Sexually transmitted diseases ephemera. Box 1.

Pelvic inflammatory disease and chlamydia : a guide to causes, treatment and prevention / Patsy Westcott.