Chlamydia trachomatis in cervical uterine irradiated cancer patients.
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.
Maeda
M Y
MY
Pathology Division, A.C. Camargo Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
Longatto Filho
A
A
Shih
L W
LW
Cavaliere
M J
MJ
Oyafuso
M S
MS
Marziona
F
F
Santos
D R
DR
Carvalho
M I
MI
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*