title: Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical uterine irradiated cancer patients.
abstract: Twenty-two women with uterine carcinoma with morphological alterations postradiation treatment suggestive of Chlamydia trachomatis infection were analyzed by direct immunofluorescence. The diagnosis was confirmed in 12 (54.4%) cases. Discussions of the presence of Chlamydia in irradiated cells were not found in the literature. This finding may signify a posttherapeutic morbidity or a preradiation infection.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Division, A.C. Camargo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Longatto Filho
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cavaliere
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Oyafuso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marziona
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*