Laboratory parameters of the 1st order – obligatory laboratory tests.
- Small blood count [leukocytosis* /increase in white blood cell count]
- Inflammatory parameters – CRP (C-reactive protein) or ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) [↑* ]
- Pregnancy test (quantitative HCG) [a pregnancy test should be performed in all sexually active women of fertile age to rule out extrauterine pregnancy].
- Culture incl. resistogram (determination of the sensitivity or resistance of microbial pathogens to antibiotics) – e.g. detection of N. gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis
* Elevation usually only in moderate or severe adnexitis.
