Abstract
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), or more specifically upper genital infections, includes uterine and adnexal infections. These are infections secondary to the ascent of germs from the vagina through the cervix. Their particularity is their paucisymptomatic or even asymptomatic character. Although quite common in women of childbearing age, they remain exceptional in postmenopausal women. We report a case of PID in an elderly postmenopausal patient who responded favourably to probabilistic antibiotic therapy. Our aim is to explain its epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic particularities
Highlights
Upper genital infection is a common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases in young women, it is a rare entity in postmenopausal women
We report a case of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) in an elderly postmenopausal patient who responded favourably to probabilistic antibiotic therapy
We report a case of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in an elderly postmenopausal patient who responded favourably to probabilistic antibiotic therapy
Summary
Upper genital infection is a common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases in young women, it is a rare entity in postmenopausal women. The true incidence of this entity is not well known but one study reported a series of less than 2% cases of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) in postmenopausal women [1]. We report a case of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in an elderly postmenopausal patient who responded favourably to probabilistic antibiotic therapy
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