Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Postmenopausal Woman

[摘要] Objective:Review available literature on pelvic inflammatory disease in postmenopausal women.Design:MEDLINE literature review from 1966 to 1999.Results:Pelvic inflammatory disease is uncommon in postmenopausal women. It is polymicrobial, often is concurrent with tuboovarian abscess formation, and is often associated with other diagnoses.Conclusion:Postmenopausal women with pelvic inflammatory disease are best treated with inpatient parenteral antimicrobials and appropriate imaging studies. Failure to respond to antibiotics should yield a low threshold for surgery, and consideration of alternative diagnoses should be entertained. Infect. Dis. Obstet. Gynecol. 7:248–252, 1999.

[学科分类] 妇产科学