Missed Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Diagnoses and Treatment Detected Through Health Department Surveillance in Two Western New York Emergency Departments

Background: In New York State, gonococcal (GC) and chlamydia (CT) associated pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is under-reported because diagnosis is not lab-based and report forms do not capture PID diagnoses. We piloted a surveillance tool to capture GC and CT associated PID cases that were not reported to the health department (HD) among females testing GC and/or CT positive in high volume emergency departments (EDs). (Source: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology)

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