| Literature DB >> 1774093 |
A Jain1, V L Nag, M M Goel, U C Chaturvedi.
Abstract
A study was undertaken to determine the adverse foetal outcome in antichlamydial IgM positive asymptomatic pregnant females. An indirect immunoperoxidase assay was done to detect IgM in 78 apparently normal asymptomatic pregnant women during the third trimester and follow up was done till delivery to study the effect of chlamydial infection on foetal outcome. A total of 28 (35.9%) women were positive for antichlamydial IgM while only 3.33 per cent asymptomatic non-pregnant normal women (controls) were positive. 28.7 per cent IgM positive mothers delivered low birth weight (LBW) babies (P less than 0.05), 9.7 per cent had premature labour (PTL) and 4.7 per cent had intrauterine death (IUD). The findings are significant as none of the IgM negative mothers had PTL and IUD and only 2.6 per cent had LBW babies.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Case Control Studies; Chlamydia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diseases; Examinations And Diagnoses; Fetal Death--etiology; Hematologic Tests; India; Infant; Infant, Premature--etiology; Infections; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Low Birth Weight--etiology; Methodological Studies; Mortality; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcomes; Reproduction; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Southern Asia; Studies; Youth
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1774093
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Med Res ISSN： 0971-5916 Impact factor: 2.375