Intrauterine contraceptive device use in patients with acute salpingitis.

ABSTRACT

PIP: The frequency of IUD use among 144 hospitalized women with acute salpingitis was compared with that of 229 control women who were symptomless sexual partners of men examined for nongonococcal urethritis. The relative risk for salpingitis was higher for those with IUDs than in the group of basal level of disease (P 0.02). This was caused largely by the high relative risk in women with no deliveries. Oral contraceptives showed a contrary picture, with the relative risk significantly lower than on the basal level (P 0.01). Nongonococcal and gonococcal infections were equally represented in salpingitis patients with IUDs. The severity of the infection in IUD users did not differ from that of non-IUD users.