chlamydia trachomatis is the most common agent of urogenital infections in both men and women. diagnosis of chlamydial infections is based on isolation of bacteria in tissue culture media that requires at least 48 to 72h. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) is a sensitive and specific method for detection of small quantity of bacterial dna in clinical samples. the first goal of this study was to pe...

BACKGROUND llicit sexual behavior by commercial sex workers (CSW) may have a disproportionate impact on the reproductive health of a woman that often leads to cervicitis. This study aimed at examining the cytopathology, patterns, prevalence and burden of cervicitis in CSW in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria. METHODS Cervical smear was collected from the endocervix of about one hundred and eighteen (...

BACKGROUND Cervicitis is a syndrome of cervical inflammation and a common condition in female sex workers (FSW), a subpopulation vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections. Local data is essential for guiding syndromic management of cervicitis in FSW working in Peru. We sought to describe the prevalence and etiologies of cervicitis in this population. We also aimed to identify sociodemograph...

The aim of our study was to evaluate whether in women with chlamydial cervicitis urogenital mycoplasmas and group B streptococci (GBS) colonization is found more often than among women with non-chlamydial cervicitis. This study included 351 (mean age 31.7 +/- 6.82) not pregnant, menstruating, sexually active women. We confirmed a high frequency (49.3%) of C. trachomatis infection among women wi...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether the presence of cervicitis influenced the accuracy of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA). MATERIALS AND METHODS In a pilot study, 502 women from rural El Salvador were screened for cervical cancer using methods including colposcopy and VIA. The presence of cervicitis was assessed by grading the amount of inflammation on each...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether cervical mucosal shedding of HIV-1 RNA and HIV-1 infected cells decreases following successful treatment of cervicitis. DESIGN Prospective interventional study. SETTING Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic, Coast Provincial General Hospital, Mombasa, Kenya. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-six HIV-1 seropositive women with cervicitis: 16 with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, sev...