STI Screening Should Be Included In Diagnostic Workup For Women With PID Who Go To An Emergency Ambulatory Surgical Clinic With Lower Abdominal Pain, Study Shows

Infectious Disease Advisor (8/2, Kuhns) reported, “Screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) should be included in the diagnostic workup for young women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) who present to an emergency ambulatory surgical clinic with lower abdominal pain, as there is a high incidence of STIs in this in this population,” according to a study. Following “a prospective 12-month cohort pilot study between December 2021 and November 2022 to assess outcomes of a novel STI screening program,” researchers discovered that 57% of patients who tested positive for an STI “reported right iliac fossa pain.” The findings were published in Sexually Transmitted Infections.