TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 8. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease A1 - Cohen, Craig R. A2 - Klausner, Jeffrey D. A2 - Hook, Edward W. PY - 2007 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases AB - • No set of signs or symptoms is pathognomonic for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and most laboratory tests are nonspecific for its diagnosis.• Because clinically mild and subclinical PID causes most cases of postinfectious tubal factor infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain due to pelvic scarring in women, a low threshold should be used to make the diagnosis of PID.• All sexually active young women and other women at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) who complain of acute lower abdominal or pelvic pain; demonstrate uterine, adnexal, or cervical motion tenderness on examination; and have no other causes for these symptoms, should be diagnosed and treated for PID. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3027306 ER -