Colonisation of pregnant and puerperal women and neonates with Chlamydia trachomatis
Autor: | J Laurin, T Nilsson, I Helin, P A Mårdh, S Bobeck |
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Rok vydání: | 1980 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Chlamydia trachomatis Cervix Uteri Dermatology Abortion medicine.disease_cause Infant Newborn Diseases Urethra Pregnancy medicine Humans Pregnancy Complications Infectious Puerperal Infection Cervix Gynecology Fetus Chlamydia business.industry Obstetrics Age Factors Infant Newborn Rectum Chlamydia Infections Fetal Blood medicine.disease Antibodies Bacterial Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Immunoglobulin G Female business Conjunctiva Genital Diseases Female Research Article |
Zdroj: | Sexually Transmitted Infections. 56:96-100 |
ISSN: | 1368-4973 |
Popis: | Chlamydia trachomatis was cultured from cervical specimens of 14 (16.1%) of 231 women applying for legal abortion and from 23 (8.7%) of 273 puerperal women. The chlamydial isolation rate was related to the women's age. Of the pregnant and puerperal women under 20 years C trachomatis was isolated in 10% and 24% respectively; in those aged between 20 and 24 years the rates were 8.7% and 10.2% respectively whereas in those over 24 years the rates were 4.2% in both groups. Chlamydia were isolated more frequently from cervical specimens than from urethral specimens. However, if a cervical specimen alone had been examined the diagnosis would have been missed in three (17%) of 18 women. IgG antichlamydial antibodies (titre greater than or equal to 1/32) were detected by a micro-immunofluorescence test in samples of cord blood from 35 (25%) of 139 infants of the puerperal women. Of the 23 infants born to mothers harbouring chlamydia in the cervix C trachomatis was isolated from the conjuntival folds in five (22.5%). The chlamydial isolation rate from the eyes of the neonates was related to the time of sampling. None of the 108 infants examined between 6 and 7 days old was chlamydia-positive whereas chlamydia could be recovered from the conjunctival folds of four of them when re-examined from three to 23 days later. |
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