Cervicitis classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Prince Tano Djan, BSc, MBChB [2]
Overview
Cervicitis may be classified according to the etiology as infectious or non-infectious. The infectious causes are Gonococcal, C. trachomatis and Herpes. Examples of the non-infectious causes are traumatic injury to the cervix, chemical exposure; douching, latex, contraceptive creams, systemic inflammation like Behcet syndrome as well as radiation exposure.
Classification
Cervicitis may be classified according to the etiology and disease duration as follows:
Infectious vs non-infectious
Some of the infectious causes are Gonococcal, C. trachomatis and Herpes. Examples of the non-infectious causes are traumatic injury to the cervix, chemical exposure; douching, latex, contraceptive creams, systemic inflammation like Behcet syndrome as well as radiation exposure.
Acute, subacute or chronic
There have not been an established timeline to define these classes, however, chronic cervicitis usually leads to complications.