title: Epidemiology of pelvic inflammatory disease at University Medical Center, Jacksonville.
abstract: Patients hospitalized with acute pelvic inflammatory disease at University Medical Center of Jacksonville had a mean age of 26.8 years. Contraception use was minimal and mean gravidity was two. Hospitalized patients had a high incidence of peritonitis and tubo-ovarian abscess. N. gonorrhoeae was cultured in 50%. Mean temperature on admission was 100.5 degrees and mean white blood cell count 15,400. Mean hospitalization was 5.5 days. Two of nine patients tested for HIV were positive (22% of those tested, 2% of all patients reviewed).
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center, Jacksonville.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Benrubi
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology; D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007434:Intrauterine Devices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D010298:Parity; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral