title: Urethral isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with urinary incontinence.
abstract: The overall prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection in 168 patients with urinary incontinence was 7.7%. However, in patients with urethral instability CT was found significantly more often than in those with stable urethra (P less than 0.001). Clinical and urodynamic improvement followed the treatment with doxycycline in 8 out of 9 patients with urethral instability. According to our results urethral infection with CT may play an important role in the etiology of urge incontinence and urethral instability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haenggi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ammann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dreher
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology