Endometrial histopathology in patients with laparoscopic proven salpingitis and HIV-1 infection.

Study Objective: To identify sensitive and specific histological criteria for endometritis in women with laparoscopically-confirmed acute salpingitis.

Methods: Women, age 18-40 years of age presenting with complaints of lower abdominal pain ≤2 weeks and no antibiotics use in past two weeks, were enrolled. They underwent clinical examination, screening for HIV; other sexually transmitted infections plus endometrial biopsy sampling for histopathology.

Effect of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection on treatment outcome of acute salpingitis.

Objective: To examine the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection on treatment outcome of laparoscopically verified acute salpingitis.

Methods: Women aged 18-40 years with laparoscopically verified acute salpingitis received antibiotic therapy that included cefotetan 2 g intravenously and doxycycline 100 mg orally every 12 hours and laparoscopically guided drainage of tuboovarian abscesses of 4 cm or more. Clinical investigators blinded to HIV-1 serostatus used predetermined clinical criteria, including calculation of a clinical severity score and a standard treatment protocol to assess response to therapy.