parametritis

{{Short description|Infection of the parametrium (connective tissue near the uterus)}}

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Parametritis (also known as pelvic cellulitis{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}) is an infection of the parametrium (connective tissue adjacent to the uterus). It is considered a form of pelvic inflammatory disease.{{cite web |url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/275773-overview |title=Broad Ligament Disorders: eMedicine Obstetrics and Gynecology |access-date=2010-03-10}}File:Pelvic inflammation in women (1921) (14766013522).jpgFile:NeisseriaGonorrhoeae.jpg of gonococcal urethritis.

class="wikitable" ! colspan="2" |Scientific classification
Domain: |Bacteria
Phylum: |Pseudomonadota
Class: |Betaproteobacteria
Order: |Neisseriales
Family: |Neisseriaceae
Genus: |Neisseria
Species: |N. gonorrhoeae
colspan="2" |Binomial name
colspan="2" |Neisseria gonorrhoeae(Zopf 1885) Trevisan 1885
colspan="2" |Synonyms
colspan="2" | Micrococcus der Gonorrhoe Neisser 1879 Gonococcus neisseri Lindau1898

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