title: Chlamydial infection in female prostitutes in Singapore.
abstract: Three studies conducted in 1982, 1985 and 1988 investigated chlamydial infections in female prostitutes. In 1982, 115 prostitutes with culture-positive gonorrhoea were studied; 8% were coinfected with Chlamydia trachomatis. In 1985, 86 female prostitutes and in 1988, 100 female prostitutes attending for routine tests were examined. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in 12% and 9% of the cases, respectively. Gonorrhoea was detected in 10% and 11% of the cases. In the 1988 study, one (9%) of the 11 women with gonorrhoea had concomitant chlamydial infection. Syphilis was diagnosed in 3% of the female prostitutes investigated in 1988. Our findings indicate that concomitant chlamydial infection occurs in about 8-9% of female prostitutes with gonorrhoea and that 9-12% of the female prostitutes screened harboured Chlamydia trachomatis in their endocervices. A chlamydial control programme in prostitutes is desirable.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Srivasin
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thirumoorthy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadarajah
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Sng
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Yuen
mesh_terms: D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D011477:Sex Work; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000635:transmission*; D012846:Singapore