Letter to the Editor Received: February 26, 2014 Accepted after revision: March 14, 2014 Published online: May 16, 2014
Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014;77:272 DOI: 10.1159/000362232
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in China Beuy Joob a Viroj Wiwanitkit b a
Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand; b Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China
Dear Sir The recent report by Zhao and Hao [1] on pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in China is very interesting. They concluded that ‘PID is the main cause of tubal infertility, but the etiology of PID has changed from [female genital tuberculosis] to nonspecific PID in the last 10 years in Shanxi’ [1]. The present report still confirms the problem of PID in China. However, it also implies the successful control of TB in China. In fact, abdominopelvic TB is a common gynecological problem in China. It
can mimic cancer and result in missed or delayed diagnosis [2]. The query is whether the prevalence of TB is actually, decreasing in China. The data from a single center in Shanxi may not reflect the actual prevalence in China. Another recent report [3] from Beijing, China, still presented a high rate of TB and this indicated that TB is still an important gynecological problem. It was noted that the first three main problems that led to infertility in China included TB, endometriosis and PID [3].
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References 1 Zhao WH, Hao M: Pelvic inflammatory disease: a retrospective clinical analysis of 1,922 cases in North China. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014;77:169–175. 2 Liu Q, Zhang Q, Guan Q, Xu JF, Shi QL: Abdominopelvic tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer and pelvic inflammatory disease: a series of 28 female cases. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2014;289:623–629. 3 Yang YQ, Shen H, Chen J, Chen ZW: A prevalence survey of infertility in Beijing, China. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2011;91:313–316.
Beuy Joob Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center Bangkok (Thailand) E-Mail beuyjoob @ hotmail.com
Copyright: S. Karger AG, Basel 2014. Reproduced with the permission of S. Karger AG, Basel. Further reproduction or distribution (electronic or otherwise) is prohibited without permission from the copyright holder.
Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014;77:272 DOI: 10.1159/000362232
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in China Beuy Joob a Viroj Wiwanitkit b a
Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand; b Hainan Medical University, Hainan, China
Dear Sir The recent report by Zhao and Hao [1] on pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in China is very interesting. They concluded that ‘PID is the main cause of tubal infertility, but the etiology of PID has changed from [female genital tuberculosis] to nonspecific PID in the last 10 years in Shanxi’ [1]. The present report still confirms the problem of PID in China. However, it also implies the successful control of TB in China. In fact, abdominopelvic TB is a common gynecological problem in China. It
can mimic cancer and result in missed or delayed diagnosis [2]. The query is whether the prevalence of TB is actually, decreasing in China. The data from a single center in Shanxi may not reflect the actual prevalence in China. Another recent report [3] from Beijing, China, still presented a high rate of TB and this indicated that TB is still an important gynecological problem. It was noted that the first three main problems that led to infertility in China included TB, endometriosis and PID [3].
© 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel 0378–7346/14/0774–0272$39.50/0 E-Mail [email protected] www.karger.com/goi
References 1 Zhao WH, Hao M: Pelvic inflammatory disease: a retrospective clinical analysis of 1,922 cases in North China. Gynecol Obstet Invest 2014;77:169–175. 2 Liu Q, Zhang Q, Guan Q, Xu JF, Shi QL: Abdominopelvic tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer and pelvic inflammatory disease: a series of 28 female cases. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2014;289:623–629. 3 Yang YQ, Shen H, Chen J, Chen ZW: A prevalence survey of infertility in Beijing, China. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2011;91:313–316.
Beuy Joob Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center Bangkok (Thailand) E-Mail beuyjoob @ hotmail.com
Copyright: S. Karger AG, Basel 2014. Reproduced with the permission of S. Karger AG, Basel. Further reproduction or distribution (electronic or otherwise) is prohibited without permission from the copyright holder.
