| Literature DB >> 3949347 |
P Chaudhuri, E H Sng, W S Yuen.
Abstract
Fifty consecutive unmarried women seeking termination of pregnancy in a state run general hospital in Singapore were screened for cervical Chlamydia trachomatis infection before abortion. Chlamydial infection was diagnosed by taking a cervical swab, culturing the organism in tissue culture media, and identifying the inclusion bodies by dark ground fluorescent microscopy. Chlamydia trachomatis was recovered in as many as 14% of cases. None of the patients gave any history suggestive of promiscuity. Compared with gonorrhoea in the non-prostitutes sexually active women of the population studied, the incidence of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis was found to be high. Patients with positive cultures often defaulted from follow up, thus posing a genuine risk of the spread of the disease by vertical and horizontal transmission.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion Seekers; Abortion, Induced; Age Factors; Asia; Attitude; Bacterial And Fungal Diseases; Behavior; Chlamydia; Contraceptive Usage; Developing Countries; Diseases; Employment Status; Examinations And Diagnoses; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Fertility Measurements; Infections; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Macroeconomic Factors; Marital Status; Nuptiality; Parity; Population; Population At Risk; Population Characteristics; Reproductive Behavior; Reproductive Tract Infections; Research Methodology; Sex Behavior; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Singapore; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southeastern Asia; Treatment; Unmarried
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3949347 PMCID： PMC1011882 DOI： 10.1136/sti.62.1.17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genitourin Med ISSN： 0266-4348