Chlamydia trachomatis in pelvic inflammatory disease

C. trachomatis seems to be an important causative organism of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) as C. trachomatis antigen and/or antibody was found in 234 (69.85%) of 335 patients clinically diagnosed to have PID. Antigen was detected in the lower genital tract of 118 (35.22%) patients whereas IgG a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) Jg. 93; S. 359
Hauptverfasser: Bhujwala, R A, Bhargava, V L, Amatya, S, Sengupta, S
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: India 01.11.1991
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Adult
Antibodies, Bacterial - blood
Antigens, Bacterial - analysis
Chlamydia Infections - microbiology
Chlamydia trachomatis - immunology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - microbiology
ISSN:0971-5916
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Zusammenfassung:C. trachomatis seems to be an important causative organism of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) as C. trachomatis antigen and/or antibody was found in 234 (69.85%) of 335 patients clinically diagnosed to have PID. Antigen was detected in the lower genital tract of 118 (35.22%) patients whereas IgG antibody was present in 188 (56.11%), of whom 89 (47.34%) had a high titre. Repeat testing of sera of 37 patients showed a rise in antibody titre in 18 (40%). As the success rate of therapy for PID with doxycycline was found to be 80 per cent, early diagnosis and treatment may be recommended to prevent further complications of PID.
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ISSN:0971-5916