Occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in infertile women in Poland
| Autor: | Leszek Pawelczyk, Beata Banaszewska, Izabela Chudzicka-Strugała, Andrzej Szkaradkiewicz, Agnieszka Zeidler, Tomasz M. Karpiński |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Bacterial Infertility medicine.medical_specialty Chlamydia trachomatis Comorbidity medicine.disease_cause Asymptomatic Young Adult Pregnancy medicine Humans Cervical canal Gynecology Obstetrics business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Chlamydia Infections medicine.disease Causality Exact test Chronic infection Sexual intercourse medicine.anatomical_structure Female Poland medicine.symptom business Infertility Female |
| Zdroj: | Polish Gynaecology. 85:843-846 |
| ISSN: | 0017-0011 |
| DOI: | 10.17772/gp/1911 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis represents a causal factor of sexually transmitted infections (STI), the course of which is frequently asymptomatic. Chronic and relapsing infections with Chlamydia trachomatis may result in a disturbed function of oviducts, resulting in infertility. Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between manifestations of asymptomatic infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and infertility among Polish women. Material and Methods: The study was conducted between 2010-2013 on 543 women in two groups. Group 1 included 190 patients (aged 23-39 years), in whom control tests were performed before planned pregnancy. Group 2 included 353 patients (aged 23-39 years), suffering from infertility (no pregnancy after 12 months of regular sexual intercourse). The study included all women presenting with infertility. A smear was taken from the cervical canal and DNA of C. trachomatis was isolated and identified using nested-PCR. In the statistical analysis the Fisher’s exact test was applied. Results: Infection with C. trachomatis was detected in 18 (9.47%) controls (group 1) but as many as 81 (22.95%) patients with infertility (group 2). The obtained results were significantly different (p |
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