If you think about infections that affect body cavity structures, like the inside of a tube or the inside of your heart and can cause abscesses, frequently, at least historically, we have treated those kinds of conditions with intravenous antibiotics. However, in this day of cost-saving there has been an enormous move to out-patient management. In fact, if you look at trends over time in the treatment of PID, you’ll certainly find that there has been a tremendous move from in-patient management to out-patient management beginning with the complete and utter absence of any data whatsoever.

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