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Bacterial vaginosis-associated organisms found frequently in women with pelvic inflammatory disease also were strongly associated with endometritis, Catherine L. Haggerty, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh and her colleagues reported.
They looked at the associations between endometritis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, anaerobic bacteria, facultative bacteria, lactobacilli, and bacterial vaginosis (BV) in 278 women from the PID Evaluation and Clinical Health Study. Those with acute endometritis were more likely to be infected in the endometrium with C. trachomatis (odds ratio [OR] 16.2), N. gonorrhoeae (OR 11.6), diphtheroids (OR 5.0), black-pigmented ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Metronizadole for BV-associated organisms in PID.(Gynecology)