Endometrial Histopathology in Patients with Laparoscopic Proven Salpingitis and HIV-1 Infection

Table 3

Presence and density of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) and plasma cells (PC) on histopathology of endometrial biopsies in women with mild, moderate, and severe salpingitis at laparoscopy and controls in HIV-seropositive and -seronegative women.

Rules representing cell/hpf	Mild salpingitis		Moderate/severe Salpingitis		Controls without salpingitis
	𝑁=32		𝑁=50		𝑁=62
	HIV +/ve	HIV −/ve	HIV +/ve	HIV −/ve	HIV +/ve	HIV −/ve
	(𝑁=7)	(𝑁=25)	(𝑁=23)	(𝑁=27)	(𝑁=45)	(𝑁=12)
≥3 PMN and ≥1 PC	4 (57%)	4 (16%)	17 (74%)	17 (63%)	3 (7%)	3 (25%)
≥1 PMN and ≥1 PC	7 (100%)	8 (32%)	19 (83%)	20 (74%)	17 (38%)	7 (58%)
≥1 PMN	7 (100%)	17 (68%)	21 (91%)	21 (78%)	32 (71%)	8 (67%)
≥1 PC	7 (100%)	9 (36%)	21 (91%)	21 (78%)	28 (62%)	8 (67%)