Bacterial Vaginosis and Behavioral Factors Associated With Incident Pelvic Inflammatory Disease in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora.
Rodman TurpinSusan TuddenhamXin HeMark A KlebanoffKhalil G GhanemRebecca M BrotmanPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2022)
BV was associated with incident PID in a large prospective cohort, controlling for behavioral factors and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Larger studies on how BV, STIs, behaviors, and host responses interactively affect PID risk are needed.