A 23-year-old woman presents with pelvic pain, cervical motion tenderness, and mucopurulent discharge. She is diagnosed with outpatient pelvic inflamm...

Question

A 23-year-old woman presents with pelvic pain, cervical motion tenderness, and mucopurulent discharge. She is diagnosed with outpatient pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Her pregnancy test is negative, and she weighs 58 kg. What is the best treatment?

Accepted Answer

Ceftriaxone 500 mg IM once plus doxycycline 100 mg twice daily AND metronidazole 500 mg twice daily for 14 days

Answer

Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM once plus azithromycin 1 g once

Answer

Ceftriaxone 1 g IV daily plus vancomycin

Answer

Levofloxacin 500 mg daily monotherapy for 7 days

Answer

Doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for 7 days only

us-abfm MCQ (SBA): Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

A 23-year-old woman presents with pelvic pain, cervical motion tenderness, and mucopurulent discharge. She is diagnosed with outpatient pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Her pregnancy test is negative, and she weighs 58 kg. What is the best treatment?