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[Pathogens of transmitted disease in the pathogenesis of acute pelvic inflammatory disease]
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Hospital Affiliated, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China.
Objective:
To study the pathogenesis of pathogens of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
Methods:
Neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trchomatis, ureaplasma urealyticum were cutured respectively in 130 patients with acute PID.
Results:
The pathogens of STD had been found in 55 patients. The detective rate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was 6.9% (9/130), about half of them were mixed infection; the detective rate of chlamydia trachomatis was 4.6% (6/130), all of them were mixed infection; the positive percentage of ureaplasma urealyticum was 37.7% (49/130), one third of them were mixed infection.
Conclusion:
The pathogens of STD might cause acute PID or only play a synergetic role in it.
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