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    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease



    References

    Citations

    1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2010). Pelvic inflammatory disease section of Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010. MMWR, 59(RR-12): 63–67. Also available online: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/default.htm.

    2. American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Pelvic inflammatory disease. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 499–504. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

    3. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2004, reaffirmed 2010). Chronic pelvic pain. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 51. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 103(3): 589–605.

    Other Works Consulted

    • Ross J (2007). PID, search date May 2007. BMJ Clinical Evidence. Available online: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.

    • Soper DE (2010). Infections of the female pelvis. In Mandell, Douglas and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 7th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1511–1519. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference August 7, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
    Reference Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology


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