© 2004 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Brief Encounters
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Cervicitis, salpingitis, vaginitis, vestibulitis, urethritis—all challenges for diagnosis and management of women with or without symptoms. Now we can add endometritis to that list. In an informative editorial, Jonathan Ross addresses the question "What is endometritis and does it require treatment?" The short answers are (a) inflammation of the endometrium, which may occur in the absence of PID in women with otherwise uncomplicated lower genital tract infection, and (b) yes, if there are symptoms. Interestingly, in a large RCT, almost half the patients failed to clear endometritis (based on endometrial biopsy) despite having a good clinical response, but reassuringly there was no association between endometritis and long term adverse reproductive outcome.
See p 252
Sexual networks are crucial in determining the transmission of infection—just ask the next monogamous patient you see with gonorrhoea. While a person may appear to be at low risk based on their own behaviour, the picture
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
Relevant Articles
- What is endometritis and does it require treatment?
- J D C Ross
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 252-253.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Sexual network analysis of a gonorrhoea outbreak
- P De, A E Singh, T Wong, W Yacoub, A M Jolly
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 280-285.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Investigating ethnic differences in sexual health: focus groups with young people
- P Connell, C McKevitt, N Low
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 300-305.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- If the condom fits, wear it: a qualitative study of young African-American men
- R A Crosby, C A Graham, W L Yarber, S A Sanders
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 306-309.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Unusual muscle disease in HIV infected patients
- S Roedling, D Pearl, H Manji, M G Hanna, J L Holton, R F Miller
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 315-317.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Impact of measurement error in the study of sexually transmitted infections
- L Myer, C Morroni, B G Link
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 318-321.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Letting Them Die—Why HIV/AIDs prevention programmes fail
- N O’Farrell
Sex Transm Inf 2004 80: 328.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Submit a response
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when eLetters are posted
- Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
