Clinical Features and Therapeutic Response in Women Meeting Criteria for Presumptive Treatment for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Associated with Mycoplasma genitalium

Abstract

Background There are limited published data describing clinical features and therapeutic response in women meeting the criteria for presumptive treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease associated with Mycoplasma genitalium (MG-PID). The MG-PID has been reported to respond poorly to standard PID treatment regimens and while moxifloxacin is recommended in several treatment guidelines, published data to support its use are scant. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of women at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre between 2006 and 2017, who met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for presumptive treatment of PID, and had MG detected as the sole pathogen. Clinical and laborat..