Comparison of serological assays for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies in different groups of obstetrical and gynecological patients.

Molecular Evidence of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection and its Relation to Miscarriage

Objective Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world that can persist and also ascend in the genital tract. This intracellular and silent infection is related to some adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as miscarriage. The aims of this study were to explore the best CT screening tests using blood and vaginal samples and to investigate the corr...

بررسی مقایسه‌ای روشهای میکروایمونوفلئورسانس، الیزا، کیت تشخیص سریع Dima و رنگ‌آمیزی گیمنز در تشخیص سرویسیت کلامیدیایی

    Background & Aim: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most prevalent causative agents of sexually transmitted diseases. It causes a variety of genital tract complications such as urethritis, cervicitis, endometritis, epididymitis and lymphogranuloma venereum. The prevalence rate of chlamydia induced cervicitis varies in different societies. In a recent study, the prevalnce of chlamydia cerv...

Genotyping of Endocervical Chlamydia trachomatis Strains and Detection of Serological Markers of Acute and Chronic Inflammation in Their Host

Anti-Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies and abortion in women referring to

Introduction: Fetal loss and abortion are responsible for significant emotional distress for couples desiring children. Regarding the etiologic importance, this study has been carried out to determine the prevalence of Anti-Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies in normal women and women with abortion. Methods: In this descriptive study 120 women with definite diagnosis of abortion as patients and ...

Comparison of four serological assays for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in subfertile women.

INTRODUCTION Chlamydia antibody testing (CAT) in serum has been introduced as a screening method in the infertility workup. We evaluated the test characteristics of two ELISA tests compared to micro-immunofluorescence tests (MIFs). MIFs are considered the gold standard in the C. trachomatis IgG antibodies detection. We also compared the accuracy of all CAT tests in predicting tubal subfertility...