Is There a Benefit to Culturing Intra-Uterine Devices in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

Aims: The study aimed to compare the clinical course and disease severity between culture positive and culture negative patients with intra-uterine devices (IUD)-associated pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).

Methods: A retrospective study of all IUD-associated PID patients admitted to tertiary medical center between 2010 and 2015. All patients received standard empiric antibiotic therapy upon admission.