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Pelvic inflammatory disease and causative pathogens in older women in a medical center in eastern Taiwan: A retrospective cross-sectional study.
PLOS ONE ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257627 Pei-Chen Chen , Pei-Chen Li , Dah-Ching Ding
PLOS ONE ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-20 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257627 Pei-Chen Chen , Pei-Chen Li , Dah-Ching Ding
OBJECTIVES
Most research into the management of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is in younger women and focuses on sexually transmitted pathogens such as N. gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis. Non-sexually transmitted bacterial pathogens and PID in older women are rarely examined. The objective of this study is to explore cervical culture pathogens in women of different age groups in a medical center in eastern Taiwan.
METHODS
We enrolled patients whose medical records were diagnosed with PID (ICD-9-CM 614.0 [N70.01-03], 614.1[N70.11-13], 614.9 [N73.5, N73.9]) at our hospital from October 2014 to March 2020. Patients were divided into three groups according to age: the age <25 years, age 25-44 years, and the ≥ 45 years group. Chi-square test, ANOVA and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. In subgroup analysis, endocervical pathogens were further stratified into vaginal, respiratory, enteric, skin, oral, and other.
RESULTS
A total of 96 patients were included in the study. There were 31 patients in the age ≥ 45 years group, 52 patients in the age 25-44 years group, and 13 patients in the age <25 years group. Vagina and enteric pathogens were the most common pathogens among all groups. The isolated respiratory and other pathogens were more in the age ≥ 45 years group than in the other two groups. Prevotella bivia was more common in the age <25 years and 25-44 years groups.
CONCLUSIONS
This may be due to different pathogeneses of PID in the age ≥ 45 years patients. Our study can be used as a reference for antibiotic choice of non-sexually transmitted PID and to prevent long-term sequelae of PID.
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