Book contents
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Vaccination
- Section 2 Infections in Pregnancy
- Section 3 Postpartum Infections
- Chapter 29 Puerperal Sepsis
- Chapter 30 Puerperal Endometritis
- Chapter 31 Puerperal Mastitis
- Chapter 32 Breast Abscess
- Chapter 33 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Index
- References
Chapter 33 - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
from Section 3 - Postpartum Infections
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2019
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Vaccination
- Section 2 Infections in Pregnancy
- Section 3 Postpartum Infections
- Chapter 29 Puerperal Sepsis
- Chapter 30 Puerperal Endometritis
- Chapter 31 Puerperal Mastitis
- Chapter 32 Breast Abscess
- Chapter 33 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Index
- References
Summary
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a clinical syndrome caused by ascending spread of infection from the vagina and/or endocervix into the pelvis causing endometritis, salpingitis, parametritis, oophritis, tubovarian abscess and even peritonitis in severe cases.
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- Infections in PregnancyAn Evidence-Based Approach, pp. 188 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019