PELVIC INFLAMMATORY

DISEASE
dr. Sigit Pradana Diptoadi Sp.OG

Definitio
n

ACUTE
(30 days
duration)

Classificatio
n

spontaneous
ascension
of
microbes cervix or vagina to
the endometrium, fallopian
tubes, and adjacent structures
> 85% of infections are
due
to
sexually
transmitted,
and
approximately 15% are
due to respiratory or
enteric organisms that
have colonized the lower

CHRONIC
(>30 days
duration)

infection due to Mycobacterium

tuberculosis or actinomyces
species rather than as chronic
recurrent pelvic pain, which
remains common after the
treatment of acute PID.

According to a national estimate, in

2001 more than

Epidemiolog 750,000 cases of PID occurred in the United States.

y

Etiology

usually the result of infection ascending from the

endocervix causing endometritis, salpingitis,
parametritis, oophoritis, tuboovarian abcess and/or
pelvic peritonitis.