A Chlamydia trachomatis é a bactéria sexualmente transmissível mais comum no mundo. Trata-se de um patógeno intracelular obrigatório gram-negativo, com os sorotipos D e K1 responsáveis por infecções trato genital. C. acomete principalmente mulheres jovens em idade reprodutiva fortemente associada comportamentos risco menor que 25 anos. infecção assintomática cerca 77% das 68% dos homens, o difi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in hydrocele fluid. METHODS 90 male patients with hydrocele of tunica vaginalis from an endemic area for bancroftian filariasis were investigated for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in their hydrocele fluids. C trachomatis antigen detection tests-a direct immunofluorescence assay and an enzyme immunoassay along with polymerase...

BACKGROUND The focus of Chlamydia trachomatis screening and testing lies more on women than on men. The study aim was to establish by systematic review the prevalence of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in men and women in the general population. METHODS Electronic databases and reference lists were searched from 2000 to 2013 using the key words "Chlamydia trachomatis", "population-...

Résumé Introduction: Les infections sexuellement transmissibles sévissent toujours dans les pays en voie de développement et particulièrement au Cameroun. Le but de notre étude est de déterminer la distribution des infections sexuellement transmissibles suivantes: l’hépatite virale B, le Chlamydia trachomatis et de la syphilis dans une population de femmes venant consulter spontanément à l’Hôpi...

Aim of present study was to determine prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis in women of reproductive age group using PCR on urine specimen. First void 30 ml urine specimen from 160 women attending gynaecology OPD at KGMU, Lucknow were subjected to DNA extraction and PCR. 90 women had symptoms suggestive of genital tract infection (cases) and remaining 70 women were symptom free and served...

A total of 87 cervical specimens of unselected female sex workers in massage parlors were tested by an enzyme amplified immunoassay IDEIA Chlamydia test and cell culture for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis. The prevalence of C. trachomatis was 28 (32%) cases and 34 (39%) cases by the cell culture and the IDEIA Chlamydia test respectively. The IDEIA Chlamydia test demonstrated the sensitiv...

Background: There is controversy over the role of asymptomatic genital tract infection of Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) in the etiology of male infertility. Aim of the Study: Detection of chlamydia antibodies in seminal plasma of infertile men and its effect on semen parameters. patients and Methods : Semen samples were collected from 144 infertile male, 35 normal fertile male ,seminal...

Background: The incidence of anti-chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulins in serninal plasma and serum of infertile men was detected by microimmuno fluorscence (MIF) test .The main objective was to determine and compare the performance of seminal plasma and serum in the diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis genital infection in Iraqi infertile men. Patients and Method: Seminal fluid and blood sample...

Chlamydia trachomatis is a prevalent sexually transmitted infection that can lead to serious reproductive morbidity. Management and control of C. trachomatis is a challenge, largely due to its asymptomatic nature and our incomplete understanding of its natural history. Although chlamydia screening programs have been implemented worldwide, several countries have observed increasing rates of repo...

The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease in the United States and the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Prior exposure to C. trachomatis has been shown to provide incomplete protection against subsequent infection. One possible explanation for the limited immunity afforded by prior C. trachomati...