Pelvic
inflammatory
disease
(
PID
)
is
____________________
infectious
and
inflammatory
disorder
of
the
____________________
female
genital
tract
,
including
the
uterus
,
fallopian
____________________
,
and
adjacent
pelvic
structures
.
Infection
____________________
inflammation
may
____________________
to
the
abdomen
,
including
perihepatic
____________________
(
Fitz
-
Hugh
?
Curtis
syndrome
)
.
The
classic
high
-
risk
____________________
is
a
menstruating
woman
younger
than
25
____________________
who
has
multiple
sex
partners
,
does
not
____________________
contraception
,
and
lives
in
an
area
with
a
____________________
prevalence
of
sexually
transmitted
disease
(
STD
)
.
PID
is
initiated
by
infection
that
____________________
from
the
vagina
and
cervix
into
the
upper
genital
tract
.
Chlamydia
trachomatis
is
the
predominant
sexually
____________________
organism
associated
with
PID
.
Other
organisms
____________________
in
the
pathogenesis
of
PID
____________________
Neisseria
gonorrhoeae
,
Gardnerella
vaginalis
,
Haemophilus
influenzae
,
____________________
anaerobes
such
as
Peptococcus
and
Bacteroides
species
.
Laparoscopic
____________________
have
shown
that
in
30
-
40%
____________________
cases
,
PID
is
polymicrobial
.
