HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; ART: Anti-Retroviral Therapy; NICHD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; CDC: Center for Disease Control; HPTN: HIV Prevention Trial Network; STI: Sexually Transmitted Infection; CT: Chlamydia trachomatis; NG: Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Ct: Cycle Threshold; SAC: Specimen Adequacy Control; SD: Standard Deviation; PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction...

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...

INTRODUCTION A prospective study was designed to assess the performance of the new CT OligoGen kit and the cobas 4800 assay for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis. METHODS A set of samples that included urine samples (n=212), endocervical (n=167), rectal (n=53), pharyngeal (n=7) and urethral swabs (n=3). The samples were sent from a regional sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic in Sevil...

We evaluated the clinical performance of the Bio-Rad Dx CT/NG/MG assay for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in urogenital samples in comparison with the Roche COBAS® TaqMan® CT assay for C. trachomatis and an in-house TaqMan PCR assay for M. genitalium. Swab specimens were cultured for N. gonorrhoeae. In this prospective study, urogenital s...

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...

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...