The role of antibiotics after dilatation and curettage in women with metrorrhagia in the prevention of pelvic inflammatory disease.
A follow-up study was carried out in 67 healthy women with negative vaginal-cervical cultures after an endometrial curettage for metrorrhagia. The women were separated into two treatment groups and clinically followed for one month after the operation. The first group included 33 women (aged 23-67, mean 43) who received doxycycline 200 mg daily for a period of one week after the procedure. The second group included 34 women (aged 28-70, mean 43.5) who did not receive any antibiotic regimen after the dilatation and curettage. Four and three women from the 1st and 2nd group, respectively, developed PID during follow-up; a difference not statistically significant.
Makris
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1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Greece.
Iatrakis
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Sakellaropoulos
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Rodolakis
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Michalas
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008796:Metrorrhagia / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline