Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent cause of sexually transmitted bacterial infections in The Netherlands. In women, it is an important cause of pelvic inflammatory diseases, tubal pathology, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic abdominal pain. Vertical transmission from mother to child during vaginal delivery may cause neonatal infection such as conjunctivitis and pneumonia. In ...

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea are the most public health concern in developing countries. Screening for sexually transmitted infection such as Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis was suggested by CDC at first visit and also last trimester of pregnancy because early infection can asymptomatic and also may complicated by severe sequela. Objective: This paper ...

www.turner-white.com G onorrhea and chlamydia are the 2 most commonly reported bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States.1 Early diagnosis is an important challenge with both gonorrhea and chlamydia because most patients do not exhibit symptoms. Neisseria gonorrhoeae can infect mucosal surfaces, including the urethra, endocervix, pharynx, and rectum. Disseminated gonoc...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, Chlamydia trachomatis is known as a causative agent of infertility. Because of, asymptomatic nature of infection, many may suffer from its lasting complications such as infertility. This study was performed in Tehran during April 2007 to April 2008 to compare the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in fertile and infertile women using ELISA and PCR methods. METH...

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...

Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most common cause of sexually transmitted disease, leading to female pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. The disease process has been linked to cellular response to this bacterial pathogen. This obligate intracellular pathogen infects macrophages, fibroblast cells, and epithelial and endothelial cells. We show in this study that infection of cervi...

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Chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly diagnosed bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. 2 Numbers of diagnoses have increased over the past 10 years as a result of more sensitive tests and increased testing. Genital infection with C trachomatis is asymptomatic in 50-88% of men and women, and 46% of infections clear spontaneously within a year. Persistent chlamydia infection can...

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...