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Also known as pelvic cellulitis unspecified (disorder), pelvic cellulitis, parametriumitis, parametrium inflammation

Parametritis (also known as pelvic cellulitis) is an infection of the parametrium (connective tissue adjacent to the uterus). It is considered a form of pelvic inflammatory disease.thumb|This is an image of pelvic inflammation in women commonly seen with PID.thumb|Gram-stain 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" |

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Parametritis (also known as pelvic cellulitis) is an infection of the parametrium (connective tissue adjacent to the uterus). It is considered a form of pelvic inflammatory disease.thumb|This is an image of pelvic inflammation in women commonly seen with PID.thumb|Gram-stain 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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