Pelvic inflammatory disease historical perspective

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

Historical perspective

Although there is no documentation that when PID discovered first but, it seems to be close to first discovery of chlamydia and gonorrheal infection, as they are the leading causes of PID.

Chlamydia trachomatis was first discovered in 1907 by Halberstaedter and von Prowazek.^[1]
In 1879,Albert Neisser a german doctor discovered the gonococcus for the first time.

References

↑ Budai I (2007). “Chlamydia trachomatis: milestones in clinical and microbiological diagnostics in the last hundred years: a review”. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. 54 (1): 5–22. doi:10.1556/AMicr.54.2007.1.2. PMID 17523388.

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[pmid17523388-1] Budai I (2007). “Chlamydia trachomatis: milestones in clinical and microbiological diagnostics in the last hundred years: a review”. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. 54 (1): 5–22. doi:10.1556/AMicr.54.2007.1.2. PMID 17523388.

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