Persistent “silent” Chlamydia trachomatis female genital tract infections
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Persistent "silent" Chlamydia trachomatis female genital tract infections.
Chlamydia trachomatis; infection; heat shock proteins hronic chlamydial infections have been documented in numerous works 1,z as silently evolving diseases. Evidence of resistance to antibiotic therapy, as demonstrated by positive cultures long after treatment in infertile women, 3,4 as well as positive chlamydial antigens or nucleic acids in culture-negative pelvic samples of infertile women s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1064-7449,1098-0997
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-0997(1999)7:1/2<31::aid-idog7>3.3.co;2-g