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Cervicitis

MedGen UID:
3338
•Concept ID:
C0007860
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Cervicitis (disease)
SNOMED CT: Trachelitis (37610005); Cervicitis (37610005); Inflammation of cervix (37610005); Inflammatory disease of the cervix (37610005)
 
HPO: HP:0030160
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002345

Definition

Inflammation of the uterine cervix. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The role of diet and probiotics in prevention and treatment of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis in adolescent girls and non-pregnant women.
Mizgier M, Jarzabek-Bielecka G, Mruczyk K, Kedzia W
Ginekol Pol 2020;91(7):412-416. doi: 10.5603/GP.2020.0070. PMID: 32779162
Cervicitis: Etiology, diagnosis and treatment.
Ortiz-de la Tabla V, Gutiérrez F
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2019 Dec;37(10):661-667. Epub 2019 Jan 7 doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.12.004. PMID: 30630634
Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015.
Workowski KA, Bolan GA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MMWR Recomm Rep 2015 Jun 5;64(RR-03):1-137. PMID: 26042815Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

First-trimester Procedural Abortion.
McLaren H, Hennessey C
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2023 Dec 1;66(4):676-684. Epub 2023 Sep 19 doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000808. PMID: 37750678
An Update on Gonorrhea and Chlamydia.
Dutra K, Lazenby G
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2023 Jun;50(2):299-310. Epub 2023 Apr 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2023.02.004. PMID: 37149311
Infectious Vaginitis, Cervicitis, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
Shroff S
Med Clin North Am 2023 Mar;107(2):299-315. Epub 2022 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2022.10.009. PMID: 36759099
Cervicitis: Etiology, diagnosis and treatment.
Ortiz-de la Tabla V, Gutiérrez F
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2019 Dec;37(10):661-667. Epub 2019 Jan 7 doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.12.004. PMID: 30630634
Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015.
Workowski KA, Bolan GA; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
MMWR Recomm Rep 2015 Jun 5;64(RR-03):1-137. PMID: 26042815Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Infectious Vaginitis, Cervicitis, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
Shroff S
Med Clin North Am 2023 Mar;107(2):299-315. Epub 2022 Dec 26 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2022.10.009. PMID: 36759099
Cervicitis: Etiology, diagnosis and treatment.
Ortiz-de la Tabla V, Gutiérrez F
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed) 2019 Dec;37(10):661-667. Epub 2019 Jan 7 doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2018.12.004. PMID: 30630634
Cervicitis: a review.
Lusk MJ, Konecny P
Curr Opin Infect Dis 2008 Feb;21(1):49-55. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3282f3d988. PMID: 18192786
Management of women with cervicitis.
Marrazzo JM, Martin DH
Clin Infect Dis 2007 Apr 1;44 Suppl 3:S102-10. doi: 10.1086/511423. PMID: 17342663
Gynecological chlamydial infections.
Weström L
Infection 1982;10 Suppl 1:S40-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01640713. PMID: 7044982

Therapy

First-trimester Procedural Abortion.
McLaren H, Hennessey C
Clin Obstet Gynecol 2023 Dec 1;66(4):676-684. Epub 2023 Sep 19 doi: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000808. PMID: 37750678
Latest Advances in Laboratory Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium.
Waites KB, Crabb DM, Ratliff AE, Geisler WM, Atkinson TP, Xiao L
J Clin Microbiol 2023 Mar 23;61(3):e0079021. Epub 2023 Jan 4 doi: 10.1128/jcm.00790-21. PMID: 36598247Free PMC Article
The role of diet and probiotics in prevention and treatment of bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis in adolescent girls and non-pregnant women.
Mizgier M, Jarzabek-Bielecka G, Mruczyk K, Kedzia W
Ginekol Pol 2020;91(7):412-416. doi: 10.5603/GP.2020.0070. PMID: 32779162
Mycoplasma genitalium: A Review.
Gnanadurai R, Fifer H
Microbiology (Reading) 2020 Jan;166(1):21-29. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000830. PMID: 31329090
Gonorrhoea.
Unemo M, Seifert HS, Hook EW 3rd, Hawkes S, Ndowa F, Dillon JR
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2019 Nov 21;5(1):79. doi: 10.1038/s41572-019-0128-6. PMID: 31754194

Prognosis

2021 European guideline on the management of Mycoplasma genitalium infections.
Jensen JS, Cusini M, Gomberg M, Moi H, Wilson J, Unemo M
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2022 May;36(5):641-650. Epub 2022 Feb 19 doi: 10.1111/jdv.17972. PMID: 35182080
MRI in pelvic inflammatory disease: a pictorial review.
Czeyda-Pommersheim F, Kalb B, Costello J, Liau J, Meshksar A, Arif Tiwari H, Martin D
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2017 Mar;42(3):935-950. doi: 10.1007/s00261-016-1004-4. PMID: 27933478
2016 European guideline on Mycoplasma genitalium infections.
Jensen JS, Cusini M, Gomberg M, Moi H
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2016 Oct;30(10):1650-1656. Epub 2016 Aug 9 doi: 10.1111/jdv.13849. PMID: 27505296
Urethritis and cervicitis.
Molodysky E
Aust Fam Physician 1999 Apr;28(4):333-8. PMID: 10330757
Gynecological chlamydial infections.
Weström L
Infection 1982;10 Suppl 1:S40-5. doi: 10.1007/BF01640713. PMID: 7044982

Clinical prediction guides

Applications of genomics to slow the spread of multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Mortimer TD, Grad YH
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2019 Jan;1435(1):93-109. Epub 2018 Jun 6 doi: 10.1111/nyas.13871. PMID: 29876934Free PMC Article
Mycoplasma genitalium: Accurate Diagnosis Is Necessary for Adequate Treatment.
Gaydos CA
J Infect Dis 2017 Jul 15;216(suppl_2):S406-S411. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix104. PMID: 28838072Free PMC Article
Recent innovations in colposcopy practice.
Prendiville W
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2005 Aug;19(5):779-92. Epub 2005 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2005.06.011. PMID: 16263330
Vaginal infection.
Eschenbach DA
Clin Obstet Gynecol 1983 Mar;26(1):186-202. doi: 10.1097/00003081-198303000-00023. PMID: 6340892
Natural family planning: a review.
Klaus H
Obstet Gynecol Surv 1982 Feb;37(2):128-50. doi: 10.1097/00006254-198202000-00026. PMID: 7033851

Recent systematic reviews

Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in different population groups: systematic review andmeta-analysis.
Baumann L, Cina M, Egli-Gany D, Goutaki M, Halbeisen FS, Lohrer GR, Ali H, Scott P, Low N
Sex Transm Infect 2018 Jun;94(4):255-262. Epub 2018 Feb 9 doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053384. PMID: 29440466Free PMC Article
Cervical Cancer Induction Enhancement Potential of Chlamydia Trachomatis: A Systematic Review.
Karim S, Souho T, Benlemlih M, Bennani B
Curr Microbiol 2018 Dec;75(12):1667-1674. Epub 2018 Jan 22 doi: 10.1007/s00284-018-1439-7. PMID: 29356877
Antibiotics for infection prevention after excision of the cervical transformation zone.
Kietpeerakool C, Chumworathayi B, Thinkhamrop J, Ussahgij B, Lumbiganon P
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jan 21;1(1):CD009957. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009957.pub2. PMID: 28109160Free PMC Article
The Efficacy of Azithromycin for the Treatment of Genital Mycoplasma genitalium: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Lau A, Bradshaw CS, Lewis D, Fairley CK, Chen MY, Kong FY, Hocking JS
Clin Infect Dis 2015 Nov 1;61(9):1389-99. Epub 2015 Aug 3 doi: 10.1093/cid/civ644. PMID: 26240201
Perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with chlamydial infection: a meta-analysis study.
Silva MJ, Florêncio GL, Gabiatti JR, Amaral RL, Eleutério Júnior J, Gonçalves AK
Braz J Infect Dis 2011 Nov-Dec;15(6):533-9. doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702011000600006. PMID: 22218511

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