title: Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in pregnant women and infertility cases in Abeokuta/Nigeria.
abstract: Cervical and urethral swabs were taken from 80 pregnant and 20 infertile women attending a catholic hospital in Abeokuta/Nigeria and screened for Chlamydia trachomatis using an amplified EIA. The prevalence in pregnant women was 11%, the distribution of positive findings among the anatomical sites urethra, cervix and both urethra and cervix being 4:3:2, which is a very high rate of isolated urethral infection. In the 20 infertility cases in which an additional hysterosalpingography was performed to demonstrate a possible tubal obstruction, chlamydia could be found in 15% with a distribution of 1:1:1. A subgroup with high evidence of tubal obstruction had a higher infection rate as compared to a subgroup with low evidence of tubal obstruction (p less than 0.03).
authors.affiliation: Tropenmedizinisches Institut der Universität Tübingen, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Höfler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000150:complications*; D009549:Nigeria; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology