Poor provider adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention treatment guidelines in US emergency department visits with a diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on April 01, 2011

Authors

Ting-Yu Shih1, Charlotte A Gaydos, Richard E Rothman, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA.

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