Pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents: high incidence and recurrence rates in an urban teen clinic.
OBJECTIVE
To determine pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) incidence and recurrence rates in an urban teen clinic.


METHODS
A retrospective chart review of female patients seen as outpatients over an 18-month period at an urban teen clinic. 192 patients were diagnosed with PID, and the charts of these patients were reviewed in depth.


METHODS
PID incidence and recurrence rates.


RESULTS
A PID incidence of 9.7% was identified. Of the adolescent females diagnosed with PID, 47% had recurrent PID. Of the females with recurrent PID, 27% had three or more episodes. Only 36% of adolescent females diagnosed with PID ever reported that their partners had been treated.


CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests a higher incidence of PID as well as PID recurrence in the present clinic-based adolescent population than previously reported. More accurate monitoring of incidence and recurrence rates in well-defined populations of adolescents should be conducted with the hope of identifying effective avenues of intervention.
Kelly
Amy M
AM
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. kell0791@umn.edu
Ireland
Marjorie
M
Aughey
David
D
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014505:Urban Population