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-...

BACKGROUND Screening and active case finding for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is recommended to prevent reproductive morbidity. However insight in community prevalence of gonococcal infections and co-infections with Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG) is lacking. METHODS Nested study within a large population-based Chlamydia Screening Pilot among 21.000 persons 15-29 year. All CT-positive (166) and a ran...

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...

This study evaluated the hypothesis that detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections among HIV-infected active duty members of the U.S. Air Force would increase after expanding screening to include extragenital infections. Before and after the start of extragenital screening, urethral screening was positive for GC/CT in 2.9% and 1.9% of HIV-infected service...

The GeneXpert CT/NG assay (GeneXpert) and the Abbott m2000 RealTime CT (m2000) assay were compared to Amplicor for detecting ocular Chlamydia trachomatis. Discordant specimens were tested by the Aptima CT assay. The m2000 assay sensitivity was 100% (95% confidence interval [CI], 90% to 100%), and specificity was 98.46% (95% CI, 95.2% to 99.2%); GeneXpert sensitivity was 100% (95% CI, 90% to 100...

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...

INTRODUCTION Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the most common causes of sexually transmitted disease in Senegal and worldwide. Molecular techniques have become the standard for their detection, and due to the frequency of co-infections, these tests can detect both agents and can be used on urine samples, vaginal swabs, or endocervical samples. In developing countries, the use...

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 The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Cambodia is mainly caused by sexual transmission and the high-risk group in this country are female commercial sex workers (CSW). There are two types of CSW, direct CSW (DCSW) and indirect CSW (IDCSW), who are different from each other in sexual activities. This study was conducted in order to describe the risk factors on HIV for ea...

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...