Treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sweet, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PROBENECID; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 84855557073     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/561909     Document Type: Review

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