Jevremovic M, Terzic M, Vojvodic L; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11; 9: 274 (abstract no. PO-A36-0839).
Gyn/Ob Clinic, UCC, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is a microorganism the most usually transmitted sexually. It is one of the leading etiological causes of the female genital tract infections. Infections caused by CT have different clinical forms of pelvic inflammatory disease and can result in Fallopian tube obstruction and subsequent infertility. Serum antichlamydial antibodies were determined in 30 infertile patients by ELISA tests while at the same time endometrial cultures for CT were performed. HCG finding and laparoscopy were carried out and compared. Obtained data were analyzed by Student T test. Antichlamydial antibodies were present in 43% of cases. Endometrial cultures yielded growth of CT in 36.4% of patients, while histological signs of Chlamydial endometritis were also recovered. In conclusion we can say that there is a positive correlation between results of specimens of endometrial biopsies' cultures, immunological and clinical investigations indicating that CT involves Fallopian tubes passing through endometrium and can cause subsequent infertility.
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Keywords:
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Chlamydia Infections
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Endometritis
- Endometrium
- Fallopian Tube Diseases
- Fallopian Tubes
- Female
- Genital Diseases, Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin A
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin M
- Infertility
- Laparoscopy
- Male
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- etiology
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UI: 102203700
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