Aetiological factors in pelvic inflammatory disease in urban Blacks in Rhodesia

Pelvic inflammatory disease is the main reason for the admission of patients to the Gynaecological Unit at Harari Hospital. Some epidemiological and microbiological aspects of the disease have been studied. Gonococcus was isolated infrequently from inpatients, but there appears to be a pool of potential pathogens, both aerobic and anaerobic, which are able to invade the upper genital tract under certain circumstances. Mycoplasmas were isolated from a high percentage of patients.