Antonio J. Amortegui

article 2011

Limitations of the criteria used to diagnose histologic endometritis in epidemiologic pelvic inflammatory disease research

·doi:10.1016/j.prp.2011.08.007

While endometrial neutrophils and plasma cells are criteria used to diagnose histologic endometritis in epidemiologic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) research, plasma cell misidentification and nonspecificity may limit the accuracy of the…

article 2003

Endometritis does not predict reproductive morbidity after pelvic inflammatory disease

·doi:10.1067/mob.2003.87

ObjectiveWe investigated the association between endometritis and reproductive morbidity.Study designParticipants were 614 women in the PID Evaluation and Clinical Health (PEACH) Study with pelvic pain, pelvic organ tenderness, and leukorrh…

article 2002

Effectiveness of inpatient and outpatient treatment strategies for women with pelvic inflammatory disease: Results from the pelvic inflammatory disease evaluation and clinical health (peach) randomized trial

·doi:10.1067/mob.2002.121625

ObjectivePelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common and morbid intraperitoneal infection. Although most women with pelvic inflammatory disease are treated as outpatients, the effectiveness of this strategy remains unproven.Study designWe…

article 2001

Clinical Predictors of Endometritis in Women With Symptoms and Signs of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

·doi:10.1097/00006254-200108000-00014

Peipert, Jeffrey T.; Ness, Roberta B.; Blume, Jeffrey; Soper, David E.; Holley, Robert; Randall, Hugh; Sweet, Richard L.; Sondheimer, Steven J.; Hendrix, Susan L.; Amortegui, Antonio; Trucco, Giuliana; Bass, Debra C. for the Pelvic Inflamma…