chlamydia trachomatis is one of the main causes of sexually transmitted diseases (stds) such as  prostatitis and epididymitis in men and cervicitis, endometriosis, vaginitis and ureogenital tract infections in women.  serological tests with sensitivities related to specific antigens are commonly used as  routine laboratory tests for diagnosis of chlamydia. in this research the chlamydia major o...

objective: this study aimed to assess the value of chlamydia trachomatis (c.trachomatis) antibodytiter test in prediction of  tubal damage. materials and methods : in this case-control study we enrolled50 women with tubal factor infertility (proven by laparoscopy after hysterosalpingography) and 110 women without infertility history. elisa was performed for all participants, seeking c.trachomat...

Chlamydia trachomatis infections are the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infections worldwide. Because Chlamydia trachomatis infections are asymptomatic in approximately 50% of infected men and 70% of infected women, there is a high risk for reproductive tract sequelae and high diffusion of the disease. Recently, some studies improved the comprehension of this infection and its natur...

the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and distribution of chlamydia trachomatisgenotypes in shiraz, iran. two hundred twelve cervical swab samples were collected from women attendingshahid motahari polyclinic in shiraz, iran. the endocervical specimens were screened for c. trachomatis byplasmid pcr. genotyping was performed in c. trachomatis-positive samples by nested pcr ...

background: genital chlamydia infection (gci) and the associated pathologies have been implicated in tubal infertility. though the actual pathologic mechanisms are still uncertain, oxidative stress and other factors have been implicated. the purpose of the study was to determine the possible contribution of female reproductive hormones and biomarkers of oxidative stress in genital chlamydial in...

Several studies have been conducted regarding the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma urealyticum in Iranian pregnant women. However, unifying the previous results and presenting a general assessment seems necessary. The present study was conducted based on systematic review and meta-analysis studies (PRISMA). We searched national and international online data...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and distribution of Chlamydia trachomatisgenotypes in Shiraz, Iran. Two hundred twelve cervical swab samples were collected from women attendingShahid Motahari Polyclinic in Shiraz, Iran. The endocervical specimens were screened for C. trachomatis byplasmid PCR. Genotyping was performed in C. trachomatis-positive samples by nested PCR ...

We report the results from 57 Australian diagnostic laboratories testing two external quality assessment panels using either the Roche Amplicor Chlamydia trachomatis test (R-PCR) or the Abbott LCx Chlamydia trachomatis assay (A-ligase chain reaction [LCR]). Panel samples were either normal urine spiked with Chlamydia trachomatis antigen or clinical urine specimens. There was no significant diff...

The cytokine gamma interferon (IFN-γ) induces cell-autonomous immunity to combat infections with intracellular pathogens, such as the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis The present study demonstrates that IFN-γ-primed human cells ubiquitinate and eliminate intracellular Chlamydia-containing vacuoles, so-called inclusions. We previously described how IFN-γ-inducible immunity-related GTPases (IRGs) ...

Endometrial biopsies were obtained from 32 women with suspected pelvic inflammatory disease, of whom 23 (72%) had histopathological evidence of endometritis. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the endometria of nine (39%) women (chlamydia group) but not from the other 14 (non-chlamydia group). Severe plasma cell endometritis and lymphoid follicles with transformed lymphocytes were signific...