J N Wasserheit

OBJECTIVES: To review the social and behavioral correlates of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in the light of the renewed interest in the transmission dynamics of communicable diseases, the new emphasis on health care seeking and health s…

The epidemiology pathogenesis clinical manifestations diagnosis and treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are reviewed. PID the most morbid and difficult to diagnose of the sexually transmitted diseases in women refers to infection…