A Need for Standardization of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Pilot Study in an Outpatient Clinic in Quito, Ecuador

Figure 3

Relative frequency of antibiotics used classified by families. Percentage of treated patients is shown in ; antibiotic family is presented in . Ceph.: cephalosporins; Mac.: macrolides; Fluo.: fluoroquinolones; Tetra.: tetracyclines; Met. (oral): metronidazole (oral); atb.: antibiotics. Topical metronidazole alone or in combination with another topical treatment was included in the “topical antimicrobial” category.