title: Endocervical chlamydial infection in female contacts of patients with nongonococcal urethritis.
abstract: Eighty-five female contacts of patients with nongonococcal urethritis attending Middle Road Hospital were examined. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the cervix in 39% of them. Forty-five per cent of the chlamydia-positive patients were asymptomatic and 79% of them showed signs of a cervicitis. None of the patients developed complications. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was not isolated from any of the patients. Clinical markers other than cervicitis are not useful for detecting chlamydial infections in female contacts of NGU. Until such time when cheaper, more convenient and accurate methods of laboratory diagnosis of C. trachomatis are put to routine use, it would seem prudent to treat all female contacts of NGU patients after exclusion of other sexually transmitted diseases.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thirumoorthy
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Sng
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014526:Urethritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology