Limitations of the criteria used to diagnose histologic endometritis in epidemiologic pelvic inflammatory disease research
Miguel R, Chivukula M, Krishnamurti U, Amortegui A, Kant J, Sweet R, Wiesenfeld H, Phillips J, Cherpes T. Limitations of the criteria used to diagnose histologic endometritis in epidemiologic pelvic inflammatory disease research. Pathology - Research And Practice 2011, 207: 680-685. PMID: 21996319, PMCID: PMC3215901, DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistologic endometritisPlasma cellsInflammatory disease researchLower riskEndometrial leukocyte subpopulationsEndometrial biopsy specimensAdditional immunohistochemical analysisDisease researchEndometrial neutrophilsChronic endometritisEndometrial biopsyInflammatory infiltrateConventional criteriaBiopsy specimensInflammatory processLeukocyte subpopulationsImmunohistochemical analysisEndometritisCytometric analysisWomenPID developmentCellsRiskInfiltratesBiopsyEndometrial leukocyte subpopulations associated with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis genital tract infection
Reighard S, Sweet R, Miguel C, Miguel R, Chivukula M, Krishnamurti U, Cherpes T. Endometrial leukocyte subpopulations associated with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis genital tract infection. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2011, 205: 324.e1-324.e7. PMID: 21777898, PMCID: PMC3204313, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial leukocyte subpopulationsC trachomatisLeukocyte subpopulationsN gonorrhoeaeT cellsT vaginalisChlamydia trachomatisB cellsNeisseria gonorrhoeaeEndometrial T cellsRobust inflammatory infiltrateGenital tract infectionT vaginalis infectionGenital tract pathogensPlasma cell numbersHost inflammatory responseInflammatory disease developmentUninfected womenTract infectionsInflammatory infiltrateTract pathogensVaginalis infectionInflammatory processEndocervical infectionInflammatory response