The most common serious infection among young women in the United States is pelvic inflammatory disease. There are one million new cases of pelvic inflammatory disease diagnosed each year. Pelvic inflammatory disease is a polymicrobial infection of the upper genital tract. Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, or the ovaries. Pelvic inflammatory disease usually affects sexually active females in their childbearing years. “About one in every seven women receives treatment for pelvic inflammatory disease at some point in her life” (Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 2013). Common causes of pelvic inflammatory disease are when bacteria from a female’s vagina or cervix travels to a female’s womb, fallopian
