Risk factors for genital chlamydial infection

Risk factors for genital chlamydial infection.

OBJECTIVE To discuss the occurrence of genital chlamydia in developed countries and review the literature assessing the potential risk factors for this sexually transmitted disease. DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE search was performed for all English citations from 1985 to 2000 that contain the keywords "Chlamydia trachomatis", "chlamydial infections", "risk factors" and "sex behaviour". All relevant ...

Factors associated with genital chlamydial and gonococcal infection in females.

BACKGROUND Predictors of chlamydia and gonorrhoea can be used to increase the cost-effectiveness and acceptability of screening programmes, and allow targeting of control strategies. METHODS All women attending an STD clinic in 1988-1990 were offered screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea, and the test results correlated with a wide range of potential predictors using multiple logistic regres...

Chlamydial genital infection in prostitutes in Iran.

The prevalence of chlamydial genital infection was studied in 177 prostitutes in Iran; 100 in Teheran and 77 in the port of Bandar Abbas. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in eight (6.9%) of 116 patients with valid cultures. Type-specific antibodies were found against C trachomatis serotypes D to K (genital serotypes) in 94.2% and against serotypes A to C (trachoma serotypes) in 2% of the pros...

Immunity to murine chlamydial genital infection.

Use of laboratory testing for genital chlamydial infection in Norway.

OBJECTIVE To assess the use of laboratory tests for genital chlamydial infection in Norway. DESIGN Questionnaire survey of general practitioners' practice in chlamydial testing, retrospective survey of laboratory records, 1986-91, and prospective study of testing in one laboratory during four weeks. SETTING All 18 microbiological laboratories in Norway (4.2 million population), including on...