TY - JOUR
T1 - Subsequent sexually transmitted infection after outpatient treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease
AU - Trent, Maria
AU - Chung, Shang En
AU - Forrest, Lynette
AU - Ellen, Jonathan M.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Objective: To determine the frequency of recurrent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and/or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), the average time until subsequent infection following a baseline PID diagnosis, and age- and insurance-related associations with subsequent diagnoses. Design: This study used prospective longitudinal follow-up of STI and/or PID outcome data from electronic medical records. Setting: An urban academic hospital system. Participants: A total of 110 adolescent girls treated for PID as outpatients in pediatric ambulatory sites. Main Exposure: Electronic medical records used to assess subsequent PID diagnoses and/or infections with Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis during the study window. Main Outcome Measures: Demographic, health care use, and STI and/or PID outcome data were examined. Incidence of an STI and/or PID was calculated as incident cases per person-months of exposure. Cox proportional hazard modeling was performed to evaluate the incidence of STI by age or insurance status. Results: The mean (SD) age was 16.8 (1.9) years, 89% of patients were black, and 39% had laboratory results that were positive for N gonorrhoeae or C trachomatis at baseline. Thirty-four percent of patients had an additional diagnosis of an STI during the 48-month follow-up window (incidence, 3.1 per 100 person-months) and the mean (SD) time to a subsequent STI and/or PID was 377 (297) days. Of those patients, 67% (n = 18) had chlamydia, 11% had gonorrhoeae, and 44% had PID. There were no differences based on age or insurance status. Conclusions: Adolescents treated for PID are at risk for subsequent STI and/or PID for a 48-month period. Given the need to prevent future infections in these vulnerable youths, efforts to explore the value of ongoing strategies for risk reduction after diagnosis are warranted.
AB - Objective: To determine the frequency of recurrent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and/or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), the average time until subsequent infection following a baseline PID diagnosis, and age- and insurance-related associations with subsequent diagnoses. Design: This study used prospective longitudinal follow-up of STI and/or PID outcome data from electronic medical records. Setting: An urban academic hospital system. Participants: A total of 110 adolescent girls treated for PID as outpatients in pediatric ambulatory sites. Main Exposure: Electronic medical records used to assess subsequent PID diagnoses and/or infections with Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis during the study window. Main Outcome Measures: Demographic, health care use, and STI and/or PID outcome data were examined. Incidence of an STI and/or PID was calculated as incident cases per person-months of exposure. Cox proportional hazard modeling was performed to evaluate the incidence of STI by age or insurance status. Results: The mean (SD) age was 16.8 (1.9) years, 89% of patients were black, and 39% had laboratory results that were positive for N gonorrhoeae or C trachomatis at baseline. Thirty-four percent of patients had an additional diagnosis of an STI during the 48-month follow-up window (incidence, 3.1 per 100 person-months) and the mean (SD) time to a subsequent STI and/or PID was 377 (297) days. Of those patients, 67% (n = 18) had chlamydia, 11% had gonorrhoeae, and 44% had PID. There were no differences based on age or insurance status. Conclusions: Adolescents treated for PID are at risk for subsequent STI and/or PID for a 48-month period. Given the need to prevent future infections in these vulnerable youths, efforts to explore the value of ongoing strategies for risk reduction after diagnosis are warranted.
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U2 - 10.1001/archpedi.162.11.1022
DO - 10.1001/archpedi.162.11.1022
M3 - Article
C2 - 18981349
AN - SCOPUS:57349120689
SN - 1072-4710
VL - 162
SP - 1022
EP - 1025
JO - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
JF - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
IS - 11
ER -