title: PID prevention: clinical and societal stakes.
abstract: Pelvic inflammatory disease continues to take its physical, psychological, and financial tolls. Prompt treatment of symptomatic disease and screening of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic women for the major causative organism--Chlamydia trachomatis--are the keys to preventing serious sequelae, such as chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility.
authors.affiliation: Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hillis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents