Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in a Turkish population.

a Turkish population . Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in

population in spite of the rather small and heterogenous material examined we find that the trends are parallel to those seen elsewhere indicating the global nature of the current herpes pandemic. The fact that most other STDs especially the bacterial ones are treated at the primary level by virtue of the large number of currently available antibiotics, all easily available over the counter, he...

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis among Infertile Women Using PCR Method

  Background & objectives: Chlamydia trachomatis is a gram negative bacterium and chlamydia infection, as a curable infection, is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD). With regard to the essential role of chlamydia in infertility, the study of the prevalence of asymptomatic cases is precious. The aim of this study was to determine of the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis...

Does population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis raise anxiety among those tested? Findings from a population based chlamydia screening study

BACKGROUND The advent of urine testing for Chlamydia trachomatis has raised the possibility of large-scale screening for this sexually transmitted infection, which is now the most common in the United Kingdom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an invitation to be screened for chlamydia and of receiving a negative result on levels of anxiety, depression and self-esteem. ...

Is screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Screening on urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis

INTRODUCTION Around 92 million urogenital infections are caused yearly by Chlamydia trachomatis worldwide [1].The overall incidence of sexually transmitted diseases is increasing, as shown by the increases in the number of reported cases of syphilis and gonorrhea [2]. Chlamydia trachomatis infections are associated with various serious diseases in women, men and newborns, which could be, at lea...