Conclusion: Inflammatory lesions were the most common cervical lesions followed by malignancies. Among inflammatory lesions, chronic nonspecific cervicitis was commonly found followed by papillary endocervicitis seen in sexually active females with pelvic inflammatory disease, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, uterine prolapsed, and so on. The most common cervical malignancy was squamous-cell car...

OBJECTIVES To study the prevalence, symptoms, and signs of Mycoplasma genitalium and Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women attending a Swedish STD clinic, accessible for both sexes, and in a group of young women called in the cervical cancer screening programme. METHODS A cross sectional study among female STD clinic attendees in Orebro and a study among women called for Papanicolaou smea...

Mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase kinase 3 (MEKK3) is an important protein kinase and a member of the MAPK family, which regulates cellular responses to environmental stress and serves as key integration points along the signal transduction cascade that not only link diverse extracellular stimuli to subsequent signaling molecules but also amplify the ...

OBJECTIVE The intent of this study was to determine the efficacy and tolerance of single-dose oral azithromycin in the treatment of pregnant women with endocervical chlamydial carriage. METHODS A retrospective review of clinic records over a two-year period identified pregnant patients treated with a single 1-g dose of azithromycin for chlamydial carriage. The side effects and subsequent chla...