Document 1169
 DOCN  M94A1169
 TI    Pelvic inflammatory disease, in a Brazilian university hospital.
 DT    9412
 AU    Becker Junior E; Naud P; Passos E; Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(2):193 (abstract no. PB0785). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94371406
 AB    OBJECTIVES: Verify the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria
       Gonorrhoeae in patients with PID. PATIENTS & METHODS: 302 patients
       attended at the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, in the Emergency
       room and ambulatory of Gynecology were studied between march 89 and
       september 93 to the presence of Chlmaydia trachomatis and Neisseria
       Gonorrhoeae all patients were performed Culture in Thayer Martin Mediun
       for gonococcus and Immunofluoresce direct and indirect to Chlamydia.
       RESULTS: Of all patients 10%, were prostitutes (n = 30) so we compare
       with the non prostitutes patients so we obtain the followings data: Not
       prostitute n = 272; Chlamydia trachomatis 31,5% Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
       17,4% Prostitutes n = 30; Chlamidia trachomatis 36% Neisseria
       Gonorrhoeae 23% About the treatment there are in our School Hospital
       Protocols with Penicillin, Tetracycline, thiamphenicol, so we consider
       the diferents results with the diferents stages of Infection (Mild,
       moderate and grave). The statistical study, Chi square & Fischer's exact
       test, show us no statistical significance between prostitutes & non
       prostitutes. CONCLUSIONS: PID in our region a very important disease, it
       may represent 5% of all patients care in a year. Our data show us that
       young women (72% until 30 years) and adolescents must be seen with
       special attention (19% of nullipares) partner have to be examined
       always, because our data reveals, men with urethrites (57%), don't tell
       this to his partner.
 DE    Adnexitis/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*MICROBIOLOGY  Adolescence  Adult
       Brazil/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Chlamydia trachomatis/ISOLATION & PURIF  Chlamydia
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Female
       Gonorrhea/DIAGNOSIS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  Neisseria gonorrhoeae/ISOLATION
       & PURIF  Prostitution  MEETING ABSTRACT

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