Table 2.
Satisfaction of Criteria for or Suggestive of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) or Lower Reproductive Tract Infection Only, by Study Group
| Criteria | Non-LNG Group | LNG-IUS Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PID (n = 1) | Suggestive of PID (n = 3) | Lower Tract Infection Only (n = 3) | PID (n = 2) | Suggestive of PID (n = 3) | Lower Tract Infection Only (n = 1) | |
| Major | ||||||
| Tubal NAAT positivity | + | − | − | + | − | − |
| Tubal enlargement or adhesion | + | + | − | + | + | − |
| Histologically evident salpingitis | + | − | − | + | − | − |
| Minor | ||||||
| Cervical NAAT positivity | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Culture | + | + | + | + | + | + |
The presence of ≥2 major criteria and ≥1 minor criterion was sufficient for PID. The presence of 1 major criterion and ≥1 minor criterion was suggestive of PID. The presence of ≥1 minor criterion was sufficient for lower reproductive tract infection only. There was 1 animal with PID in the non-LNG group, 3 with criteria suggestive of PID, and 3 with infections in the lower reproductive tract only. There were 2 animals in the LNG-IUS group with PID, 3 with criteria suggestive of PID, and 1 with infection in the lower reproductive tract only.
Abbreviations: LNG, levonorgestrel; LNG-IUS, levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system; −, absent; +, present.