Pelvic inflammatory disease in postmenopausal women: Diagnostic difficulties and management in an underprivileged environment, a case report from the University Hospital of Yaoundé – Cameroon (Update)
1 Department of Surgery and Specialities, Higher Institute of Medical Technology of Nkolondom, Yaounde – Cameroon.
2 Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Yaounde Central Hospital –Cameroon.
3 Research, Education and Health Associative Group GARES-Falaise, Dschang- Cameroon.
4 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon.
5 Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Univeristy of Chinese Medicine.
6 Gynaecology-Obstetrics Unit. Hospital Centre for Research and Application in Endoscopic Surgery and Human Reproduction.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022, 18(02), 006–010.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.18.2.0045
Publication history:
Received on 21 December 2021; revised on 26 January 2022; accepted on 28 January 2022
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
Keywords:
Pelvic inflammatory disease; Diagnostic difficulties; Management; Menopause; Cameroon
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