title: Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy. Management of serious infections, Part II: Amenable infections and models for delivery. Pelvic inflammatory disease.
abstract: Due to its polymicrobial origins and potential for causing infertility and ectopic pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a particularly challenging infection to treat. Treatment of mild PID has long been standardized: a single dose of an IM antibiotic followed by oral therapy. Patients with advanced PID requiring long-term therapy may be candidates for outpatient parenteral therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburg.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sweet
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D010045:Outpatients; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents