A profile of inpatient STD-related pelvic inflammatory disease in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Med J Aust
; 166(9): 464-7, 1997 May 05.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a profile of inpatient STD-related pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the Top End of the Northern Territory.DESIGN:
Review of case records.SETTING:
The Royal Darwin Hospital, the tertiary referral centre for the Top End, during the three years from June 1991 to May 1994. PATIENTS All admissions with a diagnosis of STD-related PID. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The presentation and incidence of STD-related PID in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women.RESULTS:
PID was the reason for 14% of admissions of Aboriginal women and 2% of non-Aboriginal women. Of 175 episodes of PID in 169 patients admitted over the three years of the study, 41 (23%) had gonorrhoea, 64 (37%) had chlamydia and 7 (4%) had both organisms isolated on genital swab. Aboriginal women were more than twice as likely to have gonorrhoea (38% versus 18%; risk ratio, 2.12; 95% confidence interval, 1.27-3.53) as non-Aboriginal women. Median time from first symptoms to presentation was six days. All gonococcal isolates were penicillin susceptible.CONCLUSIONS:
STD-related pelvic inflammatory disease is an important problem among women in the Top End of the Northern Territory. As PID is a preventable illness, further measures aimed at prevention and earlier, more effective treatment of STDs that cause PID are urgently required.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad Inflamatoria Pélvica
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med J Aust
Año:
1997
Tipo del documento:
Article