EPO and infective vaginitis: Systemic inflammation might contribute to RDW elevation by not only impairing iron metabolism but also by inhibiting the production of, or response to, erythropoietin, or by shortening RBC survival.20 Both of these scores have been applied in many other types of inflammatory and neoplastic disorders including acute pancreatitis, allergic airway diseases, familial Mediterranean fever and cervical cancer.21,22 But to the best of our knowledge little is known about the impact of vaginal infection and anti-infective treatment on MPV and RDW scores.