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Investigating the microbial aetiology of pelvic inflammatory disease

D Taylor‐Robinson

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An effort to elucidate a subject which is laden with difficulties is noteworthy, so that it was interesting to read the report by Simms et al 1 on the associations between Mycoplasma genitalium , Chlamydia trachomatis , and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The difficulties are at least threefold. Firstly, a diagnosis of PID based on symptoms and clinical signs, as in the study reported, is acknowledged, both generally and by the authors, to be imprecise. …

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An effort to elucidate a subject which is laden with difficulties is noteworthy, so that it was interesting to read the report by Simms et al 1 on the associations between Mycoplasma genitalium , Chlamydia trachomatis , and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The difficulties are at least threefold. Firstly, a diagnosis of PID based on symptoms and clinical signs, as in the study reported, is acknowledged, both generally and by the authors, to be imprecise. …

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An effort to elucidate a subject which is laden with difficulties is noteworthy, so that it was interesting to read the report by Simms et al 1 on the associations between Mycoplasma genitalium , Chlamydia trachomatis , and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). The difficulties are at least threefold. Firstly, a diagnosis of PID based on symptoms and clinical signs, as in the study reported, is acknowledged, both generally and by the authors, to be imprecise. …

Key concepts: Mycoplasma genitalium, Pelvic inflammatory disease, Medicine, Chlamydia trachomatis, Etiology, Salpingitis, Disease, Urethritis

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