BACKGROUND Chlamydia trachomatis is a ubiquitous pathogen worldwide and causes ocular. urogenital, and respiratory infections in humans. C. trachomatis infection of lower genital tract is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in different parts of the world. Their treatment, follow-up, and hopefulness for future is very important. Objectives of this study were to see th...

conclusions the results of this study showed that there was a high prevalence of c. trachomatis infection among both symptomatic and asymptomatic women. therefore, a screening test for c. trachomatis infection is recommended for all women who refer to the genitourinary medicine clinic. screening programs are important for cost effectiveness calculations of c. trachomatis infections especially i...

background: for a long time, infertility has been one of the most sequels in medical sciences with microbial agents as one group of its causes. the possible etiological role of chlamydia trachomatis in infertility was suggested years ago, but it has not yet been proved completely. to decrease the severe involvements of c. trachomatis infections, screening by efficient diagnostic methods are nec...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to contribute to the insight of the role of the infectious agent in ethiopathogenesis of the Reiter's syndrome development, which could directly influence the choice of treatment of these patients. METHODS Eighteen patients with urogenital form of the Reiter's syndrome and 16 controls (6 with rheumatoid arthritis and 10 with pigmented villonodular synoviti...

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy remains a major public health problem especially in many developing countries where it is a significant contributor to pregnancy related morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE To determine the association between prior Chlamydia trachomatis infection and the risk of ectopic pregnancy. METHODS A case-control study from two tertiary health care facilities in Benin Cit...

Background Chlamydia trachomatis is considered as an important cause of preventable sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. It is known to be of an obligate intracellular nature and enters its target cells via an endocytic process. As major outer membrane protein (MOMP) is one of the main candidates for the attachment and entry of chlamydia to the host cells we have tried to label the epitopes...

Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from 58.5% of 159 patients with non-specific urethritis (NSU) using irradiated McCoy cell cultures. Patients with persistent Chlamydia-positive NSU remained Chlamydia-positive each time they were examined before treatment and patients with Chlamydia-negative NSU remained Chlamydia-negative during the course of the illness. Neither the duration of symptoms of u...

The performance of the Becton Dickinson BDProbe Tec ET System Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Amplified DNA Assays (BD Biosciences, Sparks, Md.) was evaluated in a multicenter study. Specimens were collected from 2,109 men and women, with or without symptoms, attending sexually transmitted disease, family planning, and obstetrics and gynecology clinics. Both swab and urine sampl...

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. metho...

Non-gonococcal infections causes are made up of Chlamydia trachomatis (one of the most common infection Non-Gonococcal), Ureaplasma urealyticum (a possible causal in acute pyelonephritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, curiuamniutis, bacterial vaginosis, preterm birth, Non-Gonococcal urethritis, miscarriage, infertility and spontaneous abortion), Gardnerella vaginalis and Streptococcus agalactiae...