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Pap smear and Chlamydia.
I have read the recent publication by Ujević et al. with great interest (1). The authors concluded that “Pap smear was not specifi c enough to demonstrate chlamydial infection (1)”. Indeed, the high prevalence of chlamydial infection among working women has been confi rmed in several settings around the world. Pap smear is a recommended routine test for these working women. However, there have ...
متن کاملPap smear.
A Pap smear, also known as Papanicoloau smear, is a microscopic examination of cells scraped from the cervix and is used to detect cancerous or pre-cancerous conditions of the cervix or other medical conditions. It was named after Dr. George N. Papanicoloau, who first described it in 1928 and since its introduction, the Pap smear has helped reduce cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates b...
متن کاملDetection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Pap Smear Samples from South Khorasan Province of Iran
Objective Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain in women and increased risk of vertical transmission, conjunctivitis, and pnuemonitis in infants. It may also be a co-factor along with HPV in cervical cancer progression. The current study aimed to determine the prevalenc...
متن کاملA comparative study on colposcopy directed biopsy and Pap smear tests in patients with an abnormal Pap smear
Objective: Since colposcopy biopsy test plays a significant role in the evaluation of cervix, especially in patients with an abnormal result of Pap smear test, therefore, this research study was conducted to compare the results of Pap smear and colposcopy directed punch biopsy tests at Firoozgar and Akbarabady hospitals from 2001 to 2003. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was ca...
متن کاملDetection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Pap Smear Samples from South Khorasan Province of Iran
Background Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI), leads to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and chronic pelvic pain in women as well as an increased risk of vertical transmission, conjunctivitis and pneumonitis in infants. It may also be a co-factor along with human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer progression. We aimed to dete...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0004-1254
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-2001