Definitions of gynecological morbidity for RTIs.

Diagnosis and treatment of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are complicated by confusion that surrounds the definitions and characteristics of various conditions. In order to avoid this confusion and improve management of such infections standardized explanations drawn from the international literature are presented in this paper. Lower RTIs include the following: 1) in candida the standard clinical and laboratory signs present an abnormal curd-like discharge presence of fungi on wet preparation slide with 10% potassium hydroxide and the pH is usually 4.5; and 4) in cervical infection a mucopus at the cervical os on clinical examination may indicate a higher likelihood of cervical infection. Seeing redness alone on the cervix does not reliably indicate cervical infection. For RTIs affecting the upper reproductive tract the standardized diagnostic procedures include lower abdominal pain cervical motion tenderness signs of a lower genital tract infection temperature >38 degrees Celsius and a palpable adnexal mass (mass in a lower abdominal quadrant). For noninfectious conditions such as the cervical ectopy cervical erosion and cervical friability the red appearance is due to a change in the underlying type of tissue lining the mucosa not to inflammation or infection.