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Endocervicitis

MedGen UID:
4942
•Concept ID:
C0014127
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: endocervicitis; endocervix inflammation; inflammation of endocervix
SNOMED CT: Endocervicitis (31354001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003632

Definition

Inflammation of the endocervix. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Detecting cervical infection among family planning clients: difficulties at the primary health-care level in Indonesia.
Iskandar MB, Patten JH, Qomariyah SN, vickers C, Molyneaux SI
Int J STD AIDS 2000 Mar;11(3):180-6. doi: 10.1258/0956462001915499. PMID: 10726943
Current approach to STD management in women.
Amaral E
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1998 Dec;63 Suppl 1:S183-9. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7292(98)00203-3. PMID: 10075231
The prevalence, risks, and management of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in fertile and infertile patients from the high socioeconomic bracket of the South African population.
Wessels PH, Viljoen GJ, Marais NF, de Beer JA, Smith M, Gericke A
Fertil Steril 1991 Sep;56(3):485-8. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54545-2. PMID: 1894026

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Therapy

The effect of contraceptive methods on reproductive tract infections risk: a cross-sectional study having a sample of 52,481 women.
Wang LY, OuYang L, Tong F, Zhang XJ, Li XD, Wang CC, Li X, Sun L, Sun YH
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2016 Nov;294(6):1249-1256. Epub 2016 Aug 19 doi: 10.1007/s00404-016-4172-0. PMID: 27538571
Cervicovaginal bacterial count and failure of metronidazole therapy for bacterial vaginosis.
Luchiari HR, Ferreira CS, Golim MA, Silva MG, Marconi C
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2016 Mar;132(3):297-301. Epub 2015 Nov 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.08.003. PMID: 26674316
Correlation between In vitro susceptibility and treatment outcome with azithromycin in gonorrhoea: a prospective study.
Khaki P, Bhalla P, Sharma A, Kumar V
Indian J Med Microbiol 2007 Oct;25(4):354-7. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.37338. PMID: 18087084
The tetracyclines.
Egerman RS
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 1992 Sep;19(3):551-61. PMID: 1436932
Association of actinomyces and intrauterine contraceptive devices.
Yoonessi M, Crickard K, Cellino IS, Satchidanand SK, Fett W
J Reprod Med 1985 Jan;30(1):48-52. PMID: 3973860

Prognosis

Simultaneous detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis by PCR in genitourinary specimens from men and women attending an STD clinic.
Bhalla P, Baveja UK, Chawla R, Saini S, Khaki P, Bhalla K, Mahajan S, Reddy BS
J Commun Dis 2007 Mar;39(1):1-6. PMID: 18338709
Tubo-ovarian abscess occurring 16 years after supracervical hysterectomy.
Tohya T, Yoshimura T, Onoda C
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2003;11(3):167-9. doi: 10.1080/10647440300025516. PMID: 15022878Free PMC Article
Single dose oral azithromycin versus seven day doxycycline in the treatment of non-gonococcal mucopurulent endocervicitis.
Sendağ F, Terek C, Tuncay G, Ozkinay E, Güven M
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2000 Feb;40(1):44-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2000.tb03165.x. PMID: 10870778
Detecting cervical infection among family planning clients: difficulties at the primary health-care level in Indonesia.
Iskandar MB, Patten JH, Qomariyah SN, vickers C, Molyneaux SI
Int J STD AIDS 2000 Mar;11(3):180-6. doi: 10.1258/0956462001915499. PMID: 10726943
Screening for chlamydial infections in women attending family planning clinics.
Schachter J, Stoner E, Moncada J
West J Med 1983 Mar;138(3):375-9. PMID: 6858125Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Ascending Reproductive Tract Infection in Pig-Tailed Macaques Inoculated with Mycoplasma genitalium.
Aguila LKT, Patton DL, Gornalusse GG, Vojtech LN, Murnane RD, Wood GE
Infect Immun 2022 Jun 16;90(6):e0013122. Epub 2022 May 18 doi: 10.1128/iai.00131-22. PMID: 35583346Free PMC Article
Epidemilogical analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, auxotyping and serotyping.
Khaki P, Bhalla P, Sharma P, Chawla R, Bhalla K
Indian J Med Microbiol 2007 Jul;25(3):225-9. doi: 10.4103/0255-0857.34763. PMID: 17901639
Monocyte-chemo-attractant-protein-1 (MCP-1)-gene expression in cervical intra-epithelial neoplasias and cervical carcinomas.
Kleine-Lowinski K, Gillitzer R, Kühne-Heid R, Rösl F
Int J Cancer 1999 Jul 2;82(1):6-11. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990702)82:1<6::aid-ijc2>3.0.co;2-3. PMID: 10360812
Screening for chlamydial infections in women attending family planning clinics.
Schachter J, Stoner E, Moncada J
West J Med 1983 Mar;138(3):375-9. PMID: 6858125Free PMC Article
Clinical response of patients with gonococcal endocervicitis and endometritis-salpingitis-peritonitis to doxycycline.
Monif GR, Welkos SL, Baer H
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1977 Nov 15;129(6):614-22. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(77)90641-x. PMID: 411373

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