Presence of Chlamydia Trachomatis in the Women’s Urethra During a Concomitant Generic Infection of Cervix Uteri
Journal Title: Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (MJMS) - Year 2008, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
The objective of our research was to determine the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the women’s urethra in patients with an infection of cervix but without symptoms for a urinary infection. The study included 74 patients, 46 (62%) of which had subjective symptoms and 28 patients (38%) that didn’t have subjective symptoms for a genital infection. Urethral and cervical swabs were taken from all the patients included in the study. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from 18 patients (24.3%). Of these 18 patients, 10 patients had symptoms for a genital infection and 8 patients didn’t have symptoms for a genital infection. Chlamydia trachomatis was detected both in cervix uteri and the urethra in 16 patients, only in cervix uteri in one patient and only in the urethra in one patient. The obtained data shows that there is no significant difference in the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the groups of patients with and without symptoms for a genital infection, as well as a high degree of correlation between the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the urethra and cervix uteri, which in turn allows the introduction of the method of taking a urethral swab to detect Chlamydia trachomatis as a screening method.
Authors and Affiliations
Dragan Tanturovski| Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Tatjana Grdanoska| Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical Faculty - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Milena Petrovska| Institute of Microbiology and Parasitology, Medical Faculty - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Marjan Stojovski| Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Mile Tanturovski| Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Faculty - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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- EP ID EP8585
- DOI 10.3889/MJMS.1857-5773.2008.0010
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