title: Pelvic inflammatory disease in the postmenopausal woman.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Review available literature on pelvic inflammatory disease in postmenopausal women.
  
  
  METHODS
  MEDLINE literature review from 1966 to 1999.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pelvic inflammatory disease is uncommon in postmenopausal women. It is polymicrobial, often is concurrent with tuboovarian abscess formation, and is often associated with other diagnoses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postmenopausal women with pelvic inflammatory disease are best treated with inpatient parenteral antimicrobials and appropriate imaging studies. Failure to respond to antibiotics should yield a low threshold for surgery, and consideration of alternative diagnoses should be entertained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA. jacksosu@musc.edu
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Soper
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008875:Middle Aged; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017698:Postmenopause; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents