Enterobacter pelvic inflammatory disease

*Enterobacter* pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the upper female genital tract—involving any combination of the endometrium, fallopian tubes, ovaries, or pelvic peritoneum—in which the enteric Gram-negative bacillus *Enterobacter* is implicated as a causal or co-pathogen Although pelvic inflammatory disease is most frequently driven by sexually transmitted pathogens, it commonly manifests as an ascending polymicrobial process wherein enteric flora colonize and ascend from the lower...

*Enterobacter* pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the upper female genital tract—involving any combination of the endometrium, fallopian tubes, ovaries, or pelvic peritoneum—in which the enteric Gram-negative bacillus *Enterobacter* is implicated as a causal or co-pathogen Although pelvic inflammatory disease is most frequently driven by sexually transmitted pathogens, it commonly manifests as an ascending polymicrobial process wherein enteric flora colonize and ascend from the lower...

*Enterobacter* pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the upper female genital tract—involving any combination of the endometrium, fallopian tubes, ovaries, or pelvic peritoneum—in which the enteric Gram-negative bacillus *Enterobacter* is implicated as a causal or co-pathogen Although pelvic inflammatory disease is most frequently driven by sexually transmitted pathogens, it commonly manifests as an ascending polymicrobial process wherein enteric flora colonize and ascend from the lower...

Although pelvic inflammatory disease is most frequently driven by sexually transmitted pathogens, it commonly manifests as an ascending polymicrobial process wherein enteric flora colonize and ascend from the lower genital tract

Clinically, affected patients present with lower abdominal or pelvic pain, cervical motion tenderness, uterine or adnexal tenderness, and abnormal vaginal discharge or fever