Treatment of PID should take into account the short-term goals of clinical and microbiological cure and the long-term goals of prevention of infertility, ectopic pregnancy, recurrent infection and ...

Such preventive measures would probably be only a small fraction of the cost spent on treatment. The relationship be­tween PID and infertility is relatively well-accepted. PID causes infertility ...

Optimal therapy for PID must take into consideration the severity ... For this reason we recommend regimens for use in the treatment of those women who are candidates for outpatient therapy ...