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Pelvic inflammatory disease secondary prevention
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Sexual partner evaluation and treatment are the mainstays of secondary prevention for PID.
Secondary prevention
Secondary prevention
- Sexual partners of woman who diagnosed with PID in last 60 days of onset of her symptoms must be evaluated and treated for possible chlamydia or gonorrhea infection.
- Infected women should avoid sexual contact until they and their partners have completed the evaluation and treatment.[1]
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]