PMID: 18200970Jan 19, 2008Paper

Chlamydia trachomatis infection and bacterial analysis in pregnant women in II and III trimester of pregnancy

Ginekologia polska
Agata Karowicz-BilińiskaUrszula Kowalska-Koprek

Abstract

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection during pregnancy might be the reason of an increased risk of preterm delivery and premature rupture of membranes. CT could also be responsible for the presence of intrauterine growth restriction, chorionamnionitis and post partum endometritis. It is the most common sexually transmitted disease. The infection may be the reason for PID and consequently even sterility. CT infection could be asymptomatic and the most frequently seen symptom is cervicitis in Pap smears. The main aim of the study was to estimate the frequency of CT infection in pregnant women, the presence of inflammatory symptoms in Pap-smears, abnormal bacterial status of the vagina and the risk of preterm delivery. The study was conducted between the years 2005 and 2007 on hospitalized women in The Clinic of High Risk Pregnancy. The first group consisted of 200 pregnant women in II trimester and the second of 200 pregnant women in III trimester of pregnancy. In case of each patient the indication for hospitalization was as increased risk of preterm delivery. The Pap-smears, bacterial smear and immunochromatographic test for CT were done on the first day of the treatment from the border line of the cervical epithelium. The immun...Continue Reading

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