Sexually transmitted diseases
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Acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is often a complication to a sexually transmitted disease (STD), the most important agents being Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. However, very little is known of the genitourinary status of the male partners of women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). ⋯ The findings of the study stress the need for routine clinical and laboratory examination and treatment of sexual male partners to women with acute PID.