Do short-term markers of treatment efficacy predict long-term sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease?

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology Vol. 198; no. 1; pp. 30.e1 - 30.e7
• Main Authors: Trautmann, Gail M., MA, Kip, Kevin E., MPH, PhD, Richter, Holly E., PhD, MD, Soper, David E., MD, Peipert, Jeffrey F., MD, MPH, Nelson, Deborah B., PhD, Trout, Wayne, MD, Schubeck, Dianne, MD, Bass, Debra C., MS, Ness, Roberta B., MD, MPH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Mosby, Inc 2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; adnexitis; Adolescent; Adult; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the genital system; Biological and medical sciences; Cefoxitin - administration & dosage; chlamydia; chronic pain; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Doxycycline - administration & dosage; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Therapy, Combination; endometritis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; infertility; Infertility, Female; Inflammation Mediators - analysis; Infusions, Intravenous; Medical sciences; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pain Measurement; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - diagnosis; Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - drug therapy; prediction; Predictive Value of Tests; Probability; Probenecid - administration & dosage; Proportional Hazards Models; Recurrence; recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; treatment; Treatment Outcome; treatment; chronic pain; adnexitis; chlamydia; prediction; endometritis; infertility; recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease; Short term; Treatment; Treatment efficiency; Gynecology; Prediction; Biological marker; Salpingitis; Predictive factor; Long term; Obstetrics; Female genital diseases; Fallopian tube pathology

Objective This study was undertaken to assess whether short-term markers, often used to measure clinical cure after treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease, predict sequelae of lack of pregnancy, recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease, and chronic pelvic pain. Study Design Women with mild-to-modera...