Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center

Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the causes of sexually transmitted bacterial disease (STD's) causing genital infection in the world. Many countries have expanded the strategies to investigate, diagnose and manage this curable, but prevalent and indolent disease. Most severe conseq...

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Main Authors: Johri Taarini, Parmar Vaibhav, Makrani Moin, Mahida Aarti, Kanugo Aakas, Pandya Himani
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Published: Wolters Kluwer – Medknow Publications 2016-07-01
Series:Journal of Integrated Health Sciences
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2347-6486.240197
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author Johri Taarini
Parmar Vaibhav
Makrani Moin
Mahida Aarti
Kanugo Aakas
Pandya Himani
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Makrani Moin
Mahida Aarti
Kanugo Aakas
Pandya Himani
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description Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the causes of sexually transmitted bacterial disease (STD's) causing genital infection in the world. Many countries have expanded the strategies to investigate, diagnose and manage this curable, but prevalent and indolent disease. Most severe consequence in women is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility. This study was designed to detect Chlamydia trachomatis infection and to correlate the infection with various risk factors in the symptomatic females attending the gynecology OPD at Dhiraj Hospital, Piparia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Methodology: From September 2016 to November 2016, 50 consecutive symptomatic women of reproductive age were screened for the presence of Chlamydia antigen. Endocervical swabs were collected and tested using Immunochromatographic immunoassay. Results: The limited number of cases of infertility and PID investigated did not reveal any positive case of Chlamydia antigen from endocervical swabs. Conclusion: Accurate diagnostic tests like NAAT and ELISA are required instead of point-of-care test to prove its role in PID and infertility.
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spelling doaj-art-6d67bc368fee47758103e95b95c37d2a2025-08-20T02:12:21ZengWolters Kluwer – Medknow PublicationsJournal of Integrated Health Sciences2347-64862347-64942016-07-0142202510.4103/2347-6486.240197Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary centerJohri TaariniParmar VaibhavMakrani MoinMahida AartiKanugo AakasPandya HimaniIntroduction: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the causes of sexually transmitted bacterial disease (STD's) causing genital infection in the world. Many countries have expanded the strategies to investigate, diagnose and manage this curable, but prevalent and indolent disease. Most severe consequence in women is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility. This study was designed to detect Chlamydia trachomatis infection and to correlate the infection with various risk factors in the symptomatic females attending the gynecology OPD at Dhiraj Hospital, Piparia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Methodology: From September 2016 to November 2016, 50 consecutive symptomatic women of reproductive age were screened for the presence of Chlamydia antigen. Endocervical swabs were collected and tested using Immunochromatographic immunoassay. Results: The limited number of cases of infertility and PID investigated did not reveal any positive case of Chlamydia antigen from endocervical swabs. Conclusion: Accurate diagnostic tests like NAAT and ELISA are required instead of point-of-care test to prove its role in PID and infertility.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2347-6486.240197chlamydia trachomatisendocervical swabsimmunochromatograhic testpelvic inflammatory disease (pid)
spellingShingle Johri Taarini
Parmar Vaibhav
Makrani Moin
Mahida Aarti
Kanugo Aakas
Pandya Himani
Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center
Journal of Integrated Health Sciences
chlamydia trachomatis
endocervical swabs
immunochromatograhic test
pelvic inflammatory disease (pid)
title Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center
title_full Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center
title_fullStr Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center
title_full_unstemmed Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center
title_short Profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending Gynecology unit in a tertiary center
title_sort profile of patients having pelvic inflammatory disease and prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis infection in the symptomatic women attending gynecology unit in a tertiary center
topic chlamydia trachomatis
endocervical swabs
immunochromatograhic test
pelvic inflammatory disease (pid)
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2347-6486.240197
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