TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease A1 - Green, Sarah R. A1 - Peter, Nadja G. A2 - Shah, Samir S. A2 - Kemper, Alex R. A2 - Ratner, Adam J. PY - 2019 T2 - Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e AB - Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a complex inflammatory disorder of the female upper genital tract that usually develops as a result of an initiating sexually transmitted infection, but can also be caused by iatrogenic uterine instrumentation.1–6 The term denotes a wide spectrum of histopathologic entities including endometritis, salpingitis, oophoritis, peritonitis, and abscess formation. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157322470 ER -