Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 30184, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/IDOG/2006/30184
Clinical Study

Mycoplasma Genitalium Among Women With Nongonococcal, Nonchlamydial Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Catherine L. Haggerty,1,2 Patricia A. Totten,3 Sabina G. Astete,3 and Roberta B. Ness1

1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 15260, PA, USA
2Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, 516B Parran Hall Pittsburgh, 15261, PA, USA
3Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Received 2 February 2006; Accepted 20 February 2006

Copyright © 2006 Catherine L. Haggerty et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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