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Inflamación cervical; Inflamación del cuello uterino
Es una hinchazón (inflamación) del extremo del útero ( cuello uterino).
La cervicitis casi siempre es causada por una infección, que por lo general se adquiere durante la actividad sexual. Las enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS) que pueden causar cervicitis abarcan:
Sin embargo, en unos pocos casos se pueden deber a:
La cervicitis es muy común y afecta a más de la mitad de todas las mujeres en algún momento de su vida adulta. Los riesgos abarcan:
Las bacterias, como estafilococos y estreptococos, al igual que la proliferación excesiva de bacterias normales en la vagina (vaginosis bacteriana), también pueden causar cervicitis.
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force:
Diseases characterized by urethritis and cervicitis. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. Update to CDC's sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. 2006: fluoroquinolones no longer recommended for treatment of gonococcal infections. Available at
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